popular lube?

[Eterry]

There ain't been any bears in W. KY in many years, so I'm liking coconut oil.

1BadDart, my cousin lives in Madisonville, he said coconut season starts soon. I hear they just approved a Black Powder season.

 

[1BadDart]

1BadDart, my cousin lives in Madisonville, he said coconut season starts soon. I hear they just approved a Black Powder season.

Left hand flintlock only.

 

[Eterry]

Left hand flintlock

Lucky I'm a southpaw.

 

[William O.]

I found an older thread about lubes, castor oil was the main focus but several blends/concoctions were mentioned. Guess I'll have to try a few concoctions.

Well, I can say as a matter of fact that I use straight olive oil on my patches and they taste a darn bit better than castor oil.

 

[user 56046]

Frontier,
Well your a generous guy aren't you. Very thoughtful offer. My name is Pat. PM me for the seasonal use road name my hunting land is on. My piece of heaven.

Once again, Thank You

@NoMansLand
First, Welcome to the Forum!

I edited your reply. We STRONGLY discourage putting your address and contact info in a post. The whole world can see it an not everyone is what they appear to be.

Feel free to send @Frontier's a private message. Here's how.
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Hope this helps.
Eterry

 

[BoomStick]

Frontier,
Well your a generous guy aren't you. Very thoughtful offer. My name is....seasonal use road name my hunting land is on. My piece of heaven

Once again, Thank You

@NoMansLand send him your address in a PM... whole world can see it in the forum. Click edit in your post and remove.

 

[Shawrco]

Year round, cold, hot, rain, snow, shine.

With or without bear oil?

 

[user 56046]

Nomansland, I'll tell you what. If you message me your name and mailing address, I'll send you a 5oz tin of my lube, free of charge, to get you back into action.

Frontier, see you're from Colorado. I use to live in Durango.

Frontier,
Well your a generous guy aren't you. Very thoughtful offer. My name is Pat. PM me for the seasonal use road name my hunting land is on. My piece of heaven.

Once again, Thank You

@NoMansLand
First, Welcome to the Forum!

I edited your reply. We STRONGLY discourage putting your address and contact info in a post. The whole world can see it an not everyone is what they appear to be.

Feel free to send @Frontier's a private message. Here's how.
When you click on his handle/ name a box pops up. In the lower left corner is a Start Conversation tab. Click it and go from there.

Hope this helps.
Eterry

Thanks for the info. I was wondering if there was a private message route.

 

[Frontier's]

With or without bear oil?

Either will work.

 

[cositrike]

So have been out of the game for a while. Back when I was muzzleloading a lot Bore Butter was all the rage. Awaiting arrival of traditional percussion cap, .50, plan to shoot round balls and pillow ticking. So what is the preferred lube these days?

Also, both #10 and #11 caps fit most traditional muzzleloader nipples right?

Thanks

Neat Murphys oil soap . It’s a good lube and keeps fouling soft, making cleaning easy

 

[Twisted_1in66]

So have been out of the game for a while. Back when I was muzzleloading a lot Bore Butter was all the rage. Awaiting arrival of traditional percussion cap, .50, plan to shoot round balls and pillow ticking. So what is the preferred lube these days?

Also, both #10 and #11 caps fit most traditional muzzleloader nipples right?

Thanks

When I joined MLF back in about 2004(?) I came across a long discussion on this and one of the moderators shared his concoctions called "Stumpy's Moose Snot" and "Stumpy's Moose Milk". He used the Moose Milk for patching pre-treated material he kept in a strip for patching and Moose snot for preloading patched balls in a loading block he kept in his shooting bag.

what triggered to go searching for patch lube for me was a particularly sunny and calm day in Vermont when the temperature rose up to -11°F. I drove out to a local quarry to do some target shooting. I'd been using "Bore Butter" for lube. I had the Bore Butter in my shooting bag and I went to set up targets. I'd brought some brads but nothing to pound them in with. So I found a rock (in a quarry remember?) and used that. Finally I was ready to load and shoot, so I took the bore butter out of my shooting bag and found it was frozen solid. So I used a spit patch that worked fine as long as I kept it in my mouth until I was ready to load. Had one of the targets fall down, so I put it back up and used the tube of Bore Butter as a hammer - worked GREAT! And thus started my search for patch lube that wouldn't freeze.

I tried both of Stumpy's formulas and ended up using the Moose Snot for everything because I never had to swab out between shots to be able to load another round ball. It's about the consistency of Kiwi Shoe Polish Paste and I keep it in a rectangular tin in my shooting bag. It doesn't melt in the summer or freeze in the winter (below 0°F). I take my strip of pillow ticking and rub the end of it in the paste until I feel it come through on my thumb. Then I put the patch over the muzzle; put the round ball on top of it with the sprue up; short start it; and cut the patch. I'll turn my short starter over and use the 6" arm to get it down the barrel a bit before using my ramrod or a range rod to seat it the rest of the way.

It loads easily as does the second shot. As long as I use enough Moose Snot on the patch material, it softens and cleans the junk from the previous shot putting the junk on top of the powder, which then gets expelled with the patch on the next shot. If I don't use enough on it, it will be harder to load but not impossible. I just use more moose snot on the next patch and keep shooting. I've used that for the last 18-years or so, whatever my sign-up date shows below my picture. That formula was on a sticky note here for years. Not sure if it still is. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll send you a copy of it.

***EDIT***
Found I could attach a file here, so the recipe for Moose Snot is attached.

 

[Jay Templin]

Since 1980, Spit for PRB. You never run out, never leave it at home.

I have used vegetable oil if I plan on leaving it loaded all season.

Never heard anybody say Bore Butter was worth having.

I’m here to say it. I’ve been using it for years and years now and I have no complaints whatsoever. It works well, smells nice, and serves as well in the grooves of my R.E.A.L. bullets as it does on my patches.
Jay

 

[mushka]

Totw mink oil.