Problems with "Bore Butter"

[Bad Karma]

Your post reminds me of a old saying,""""Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope"""!

Or if you put egg in their beer!

 

[Josephg]

You'd kick If we hung ya with a new rope. Kick, get it?

 

[45man]

I spent yeas testing lubes for accuracy and bore butter was down far on my list. I was given maxi balls lubed with it and they dried out and corroded the lead. Even in all of my modern guns, the lubes have such a huge affect on accuracy it is crazy.
I was also one that had to run the tube under my truck tire in cold weather.

 

[Twisted_1in66]

My complaint is neither with the quality of the product, nor its capabilities. I'm just a tight-wadded Dutchman and I see no advantage to Bore Butter/TC 1000 lube over home made patch lubes using animal fat as an ingredient, or a spit patch.

One thing I dislike about Bore Butter/TC 1000 is its tendency to harden in cold weather, and turn to soup in hot weather. I live in N.E. Kansas, and we'll have a couple of weeks of intense cold in the winter. Our summers are long, hot, and pretty humid.

LOL....I used it as a hammer to attach my targets to a piece of wood when I lived in Vermont and was shooting on a clear, cold Winter day where it was 11°, which was warm for that time of year. Spit patching worked and I used the Bore Butter to hammer small nails into my targets to attach to the wood backboards.

After that day I found out how to make Stumpy's Moose Snot and have been using that ever since. It doesn't freeze in even extremely cold winters and it doesn't melt into a liquid in the summer. I believe it's still on a sticky somewhere here on the forum. Normally it's about the consistency of paste shoe polish and I just rub my patch into it until I feel it under my thumb. I never have to wipe when using it and if a ball is a little hard to seat, I just use more Moose Snot the next time and it loads easily again.

 

[Surrywoodman]

Thanks dgracia I will look for the sticky on it, sounds like what I would like to try

 

[N.Y. Yankee]

A little trick I learnt early on was to snap a cap before loading up for that very reason. I had a round ball rifle I built from a kit (cheap piece of s..t) that was very contrary. Damn thing wouldn’t ignite even on a dry day sometimes!! Never ever had that happen with my JBMR’s! They do need more attention than a modern rifle for sure.

That is the first thing I have always done with my caplocks since I started shooting. Someone showed me that trick the first time out and it seemed like a good idea so it stuck.

In fact, I snapped 2 caps on the guns that had problems and had misfires/hangfires with them. After a good clean out, they shot just fine. I use a gun oil now to protect the bores of all my guns, BP or otherwise.

 

[copehill hermit]

Ok so I regularly read that somebody on these forums doesn't like "Bore Butter" for some reason or another. What I'm curious about is what is it you don't like . I have used it as a patch lube , conical bullet lube and to wipe the bore down and have had no issues. I don't use it for long term storage but it might work for ths . What's the rub and what are your experiences?

I have used it exclusively for more than forty years. It has worked for me, but probably lots of other stuff will as well. Just your preference. I use it because Thompson Center was a prominent and regional gun maker and produced quality goods.

 

[tenngun]

I have yet to figure out why salt in lube and corrosive caps always comes up and have yet to receive a good answer. Powder in itself is corrosive and basically has salts in it so why does it matter if there is a small amount in lube or corrosive caps? It all has to be cleaned out in the end anyway.

I was thinking some time ago about bacon grease. It has salt in it so never never use it as a patch lube, and I never have. But I use it on my cast iron all the time, and it doesn’t rust.
might not be the best for a long load, but shooting at range, plinking, small game hunting and a clean when done I’m hard pressed to see the problem

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I only use the bore butter when the shoot is done and its time to put it away.
T/C Number 13 bore cleaner is what Ive used to patch lube for decades.