SPG vs mink oil

[BrownBear]

I like to heat it up slowly to liquid form, get some on a rag, and rub a good coating on the outside of my rifle metal and wood both. Let it dry for a few days to a week and it developed a tacky type feeling but grease less finish that's very weather resistant.

Never thought of such a thing. But it sounds great to me up here in wet country with a big fat tin of the stuff.

Thanks for the pointer! :hatsoff:

 

[dwr]

I use TOTW Mink Oil 100% of the time and always have. I like to heat it up slowly to liquid form, get some on a rag, and rub a good coating on the outside of my rifle metal and wood both. Let it dry for a few days to a week and it developed a tacky type feeling but grease less finish that's very weather resistant. I also run a lubed patch of it down the barrel when storing. Many uses it serves for me

Hmmm... :hmm:

 

[Rifleman1776]

TOW mink oil. I dont know whats in it

....UHhhh..... :hmm: mink oil mebbe?

 

[Maven]

All, SPG can now be had in tins for lubing patches. Whether the tinned SPG is formulated differently than the stick or [bread] loaf version I can't say. http://www.shopspg.net/SPG-Small-Lube-Tin-lube-tins.htm

 

[Wes/Tex]

TOW mink oil. I dont know whats in it

Mine says Trapper Pure Mink Oil...6ozs.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

All, SPG can now be had in tins for lubing patches.

Yes, but at about 5-1/5 times the co$t of TOW’s mink oil!

That large SPG tin ($7.99) is more expen$ive than the mink oil ($6.79) , with only 1.8 ounces of product, versus 8.7 ounces for the mink oil. Small tin of SPG is $4.49.

For those interested in numbers ... using the prices from Track, the TOW mink oil cost $0.78 per ounce, whilst the large tub of SPG cost $4.34 per ounce, with the small tub of SPG costing $4.69 per ounce.

For BP cartridge shooting, SPG is most certainly a good product ... but not the end-all-be-all product and IMHO it isn’t worth 5X the price for use in our front-stuffer muzzleloaders. For the record, I don’t use SPG in my Schuetzen BP cartridge rifles, but I do shoot against competitors using it ...

 

[Maven]

That's too rich for my blood! I think I'll stick with Stumpy's Moose Snot!

 

[Twisted_1in66]

That's too rich for my blood! I think I'll stick with Stumpy's Moose Snot!

I'm right there with ya Maven!

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan

 

[SgtMaj65]

I've used both and both are excellent in my .50-cal. Renegade. TOW mink oil is easier to use on a PRB and you get a lot more for your money. The SPG is harder to get on a patch, but it worked equally as well. My targets were all good using both with linen .015 and ticking .018. Now that it's gotten cooler here in Northern Oklahoma, the mink oil is much easier to use on patch than the SPG, so it will get used again when the temps rise next spring. I'm still getting used to using PRBs, having only used conicals for years and years. I'm finding PRB's a lot more fun to shoot, however, and way more accurate than I thought they would be. I got some really bad advice on PRBs a long time ago, and it took me a while to get it out of my head.

 

[Patocazador]

Excuse my ignorance but I don't even know what SPG stands for. I hate acronyms. (For you acronym guys- IHA) :cursing:

 

[robinsroost]

Excuse my ignorance but I don't even know what SPG stands for. I hate acronyms. (For you acronym guys- IHA) :cursing:

Me too duck hunter.........robin

:metoo:

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Excuse my ignorance but I don't even know what SPG stands for. I hate acronyms. (For you acronym guys- IHA) :cursing:

Excuse my ignorance but I don't even know what SPG stands for. I hate acronyms. (For you acronym guys- IHA) :cursing:

Me too duck hunter.........robin

:metoo:

'SPG' are the initials of Steve P. Garbe, a noted black powdah cartridge shooter, who invented the lube.

 

[Wes/Tex]

'SPG' are the initials of Steve P. Garbe, a noted black powdah cartridge shooter, who invented the lube.

And here I thought it was 'steals per game'...won't Rickey Henderson be disappointed! :wink: :haha:

 

[SgtMaj65]

Would Steven P. Garby bullet lube help? It wouldn't for me, so it's SPG. :idunno:

 

[coloradoclyde]

For those interested in numbers ... using the prices from Track, the TOW mink oil cost $0.78 per ounce, whilst the large tub of SPG cost $4.34 per ounce, with the small tub of SPG costing $4.69 per ounce.

Beeswax and olive oil mix cost about $0.50 per ounce... :thumbsup: