Straight Peanut Oil for Patch Lube?

[Omega218r]

Dawn diluted with water is my go to patch lube. Just shot a five day match and never cleaned the rifle till I got home.
Learned this from a champion competition black powder shooter.

Now for out in the field hunting, spit would be doing the job

What is your formula?

 

[Tom Compton]

Interesting. Yes what ratio of dawn and water, please.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Interesting. Yes what ratio of dawn and water, please.

A lot more water than Dawn. Really matters little. One squirt in a quart to half gallon of water cleans very well.

Actually straight water works very well for cleaning. The degreasing soap really helps to address the fouling and lubricating oil residue.

 

[longcruise]

He's referring to use as a patch lube rather than a cleaner.

When I mix it I go 8/1 water/soap. It works fine. There's no magic formula. It's more important to mix it the same every time.

 

[ppg1949]

Mulebrain, would you please share your ratio of Dawn to water for patch lube? Thanks

 

[ohio ramrod]

Years ago when I was bored and looking for something to do I tested many oils as patch lubes: olive, peanut, corn, soybean,cod liver,sperm oil (both the real stuff and the jobola synthetic ), lard, beef tallow, and canola oil. I found not real difference. My method was clean the barrel try five shots with the oil being tested, clean the barrel and repeat with the next sample.lastly I tried STP but only for two shots as the fouling was really bad.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Never tried it straight. Should be OK. I do mix peanut oil with beeswax. No special ratio, I just use enough b'wax until I get a shot cake when cooled. Shoots fine.

 

[FlinterNick]

For my lubrication, I melt together 1 stick of beeswax, 2 table spoons of walnut oil and 1/2 tablesppon of pine Rosen. The walnut oil is a hardening oil almost like Linseed oil, but much less sticky. The pine rosen (pine tar), makes the mixture form tighter and doesn’t melt down. When you press down on the mixture it becomes greasy but will keep its shape otherwise.

Beeswax and Pine Rosen is an old 18th century preservative that was used to seal up jars and canvas rags.

 

[bradly_tx]

A lot more water than Dawn. Really matters little. One squirt in a quart to half gallon of water cleans very well.

Actually straight water works very well for cleaning. The degreasing soap really helps to address the fouling and lubricating oil residue.

 

[user 36911]

Kill a bear and use the bear oil to kill another bear. It's free, natural, PC, and works good.