Has anyone in the group had any luck making their own lube? I have beeswax but I don't have tallow.
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I’m sure a lot of people have. It can be as simple as straight crisco or mink oil or as complicated as you want to make it. A quick search of the internet and websites will yield a million different formulas.
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You take one part of very warm melted beeswax, and two parts of very warm, cheapest, olive oil. Mix while very warm. Allow it to cool.
Sometimes it's expressed as beeswax to olive oil 1:2.... that's an old way of doing things, so is "parts".
So whatever amount that you start with, becomes your "standard" for this batch. So if you used 1/4 cup of melted very warm beeswax, you mix that with a half-cup (1/4 cup x 2) of very warm, cheapest olive oil.
If you increase the beeswax you get a much harder lube, and if you increase the olive oil you get a softer lube.
You can use melted shortening, melted lard, melted coconut oil, melted tallow for the "oil" portion.
LD
You take one part of very warm melted beeswax, and two parts of very warm, cheapest, olive oil. Mix while very warm. Allow it to cool.
Sometimes it's expressed as beeswax to olive oil 1:2.... that's an old way of doing things, so is "parts".
So whatever amount that you start with, becomes your "standard" for this batch. So if you used 1/4 cup of melted very warm beeswax, you mix that with a half-cup (1/4 cup x 2) of very warm, cheapest olive oil.
If you increase the beeswax you get a much harder lube, and if you increase the olive oil you get a softer lube.
You can use melted shortening, melted lard, melted coconut oil, melted tallow for the "oil" portion.
LD
Depending on how “soft” you want your finished lube to be will determine the ratio of bees wax to oil. I use a 50/50 mix of solid crisco for felt wad applications but reduce the beeswax roughly 10 to 15 percent and add a “liquid” vegetable oil, to the mix for bullet lube or over the mouth of revolver chambers. Animal fats are more solid at room temperature so the bees wax would have to be reduced more.
I use a digital kitchen scale. One of the small ones and weight the ingredients. 4 ounces of bees wax, 4 ounces of crisco, 2 ounces of canola oil for example. Then it goes in the microwave. Avoid over heating. I make smaller batches to avoid the oil going rancid.
I use a digital kitchen scale. One of the small ones and weight the ingredients. 4 ounces of bees wax, 4 ounces of crisco, 2 ounces of canola oil for example. Then it goes in the microwave. Avoid over heating. I make smaller batches to avoid the oil going rancid.
bees wax and olive oil. experiment with ratios to find what your gun likes
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Practice and line shooting I use saliva or windshield washer fluid. Even straight water.
Hunting I use ToW mink oil. When I use that jar up I’m going to try my minie ball lube : bees wax and synthetic motor oil. 50/50 stays kinda firm in Texas summer heat.
Hunting I use ToW mink oil. When I use that jar up I’m going to try my minie ball lube : bees wax and synthetic motor oil. 50/50 stays kinda firm in Texas summer heat.
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I like a mixture of salt free lard 80% beeswax 20%. For warm weather. Below freezing I like pure lard.
You need to google Stumpy's Moose Snot: Easy to make and works very well.
I use beeswax/lard with a touch of lanolin to make it a bit more "sticky" to the bullet. Proportion varies depending on season.
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Hate liquid patch lubes, too messy. At the range i smear the bore side of the patch by wiping it over the lube. No need to lube the ball side.
