Wonder Lube

[Bob J]

Roundball (and anyone else who uses Wonder Lube :- When you load that first shot in a clean barrel, hunting or at the range, do you prep the bore with wonder lube? Or is the excess lube from seating the wonder-lubed patch wrapping the ball enough lube? I've thought about swabbing with a lubed shooting patch down ON TOP OF the powder and ball (for the first shot out of a clean barrel) but don't know if this is necessary.

 

[roundball]

Roundball (and anyone else who uses Wonder Lube :- When you load that first shot in a clean barrel, hunting or at the range, do you prep the bore with wonder lube? Or is the excess lube from seating the wonder-lubed patch wrapping the ball enough lube? I've thought about swabbing with a lubed shooting patch down ON TOP OF the powder and ball (for the first shot out of a clean barrel) but don't know if this is necessary.

I don't...I lube the bore so heavily after cleaning & drying that I run a dry patch down & up once to remove excess lube, then just shoot the range session (or load for hunting)
PS: I use prelubed pillow ticking patches which have a fair amount of NL1000 in them too, which also wipes the bore when seating the ball down...all shots are at the same POI.

There are surely countless other lubes & approaches, but this one works so simple and well for me I'm afraid to experiment with anything else.
:redthumb:

 

[leslie]

I always run an alcohol soaked patch down followed by a couple of dry patches.

 

[Stumpkiller]

LOL. When I was using it I was right between Roundball & Charlie. I wiped it on heavy for storage. Then, ran an alcohol patch and a dry patch to remove the old, then a fresh lubed patch prior to the loading to get it coated.

 

[Bob J]

I'm using the pre-lubed pillow ticking patches, although I have started lubing them myself with Wonder Lube. You're right..its simple and seems to be accurate in GPR and Kodiak. The only thing we may be doing different is that I'm using Ballistol as a bore protector. So I dry patch before loading. Don't think Ballistol is petroleum based and it seems to keep bores rust free. :winking:

 

[whiskey]

Bob J,
You might find it a bit difficult to run a patch down an already loaded rifle. There is no place for the compressed air to go. I have been using wonder lube for years and when i go out shooting or hunting i run a dry patch then a heavy lubed patch.

 

[Big John]

After cleaning, if it's not long storage i use wonder lube, then at the range fire a couple of caps, then charge,patch,ball and prime, no problems.

 

I don't even dry-patch it, I just load and shoot, and never have a problem. I use the pre-lubed patches too, and the rifle goes bang on the first shot every time.

 

[Walker357]

If there is anything I am NOT going to do, shoving a rod down the barrel of a loaded rifle is it! :m2c:

 

[roundball]

Well, don't forget, we do it every time we seat a ball...

 

[Walker357]

Point well taken, but I try to keep that as short as possible and don't think I will add another step. :m2c:

 

[Slamfire]

Point well taken, but I try to keep that as short as possible and don't think I will add another step. :m2c:

The only thing you add is a patch to the end of the ramrod. It don't take no extra time. :winking:

 

[Bob J]

I'm sure everyone here knows this, but my Dad used to remind me as a kid, DO NOT get over the bore as you are loading. :nono: If it ever went off.... :shocking:

 

[roundball]

Point well taken, but I try to keep that as short as possible and don't think I will add another step. :m2c:

FYI...used natural lube 1000 for years and years, never found any reason to lube patch the bore after a rifle has been loaded...using prelubed pillow ticking patches has always put enough lube in the bore, excellent accuracy, etc.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Ooo! I missed that in the first post. I NEVER lube on top of a load :shocking:

I lube before loading and then the lube of the patch itself just further smoothes out the coating. If I'm leaving the gun loaded I leave it outdoors so the temperature change of bringing it in the house doesn't condense moisture, and if it's been out in the rain I discharge it before leaving the woods and clean it proper (as much to blow the charge that's been in a wet gun as to free up the bore for a proper cleaning).