Skychief Wad?

[Smokey Plainsman]

Got a question for the Skychiefers.

How long to soak the fiber wads in olive oil until maximum saturation?

Smokey

 

[Nobade]

Maybe 10 minutes or so? not long.

 

[Historian]

I use a variant of Mr. Skychiefs load. Instead of olive oil alone I do a simple mixture of 50% olive oil and 50% bees wax. Less sloppy, easier to carry and really tightened up the pattern in all my Pedersoli's.

 

[CTShooter]

I let them soak in an altoids tin for a few days until they stop absorbing oil

 

[Brokennock]

I soak until they will soak no more. Then I coat them with a paper thin coating of melted beeswax to keep them from oozing oil everywhere. The wax pretty much crumbles away when I force the wad into the muzzle (have a rag handy, there will be oily mess) but what is left won't hurt anything.
I've also used melted coconut oil so that once it drops back below 76°f it will not run like olive oil. The coconut oil has to be kept warm enough to stay liquid while the wads soak and it takes a little longer. I use 76° refined coconut oil, no coconut smell and doesn't go rancid as soon as olive or other oils so one doesn't get that odor either.

 

[hinamanra]

I thought the wad was supposed to be saturated to a certain weight.

 

[Brokennock]

I thought the wad was supposed to be saturated to a certain weight.

Yup, when they won't get heavier,,, they weigh enough.
This keeps things relative to wad size/bore size.

 

[Smokey Plainsman]

Thanks, all.

 

[Sam squanch]

Coconut oil is also good on my dried out hands!