You never know what you’ll find in the truck!!

[stevenjay1]

Headed to the range yesterday as the temperature was going to be close to 40 and cloudy. I wanted to take advantage of the weather to shoot before the white stuff comes and it gets nasty cold. Anyway, I got set up and I had NO PATCH LUBE! I hate sucking on a piece of cloth so I went to the truck of 22 years to search all the nooks and crannies for anything that would work as a patch lube. Finally I found an old bottle of 2% coal tar shampoo that came from who knows where. But what the heck, beggars can’t be choosers. This stuff worked great and is as slick as snake snot!! It didn’t change my POA or accuracy but I doubt it will be my new go to patch lube, I’m just not wild about the smell of coal tar Shampoo but it did beat chewing on a piece old rag!

 

[Ben Meyer]

Makes me wonder, what in my truck could work? I do have a small can of WD40, and an even smaller(like 1oz) bottle of CLP. I bet those would do.

 

[oldramrod]

Any of the hand cleaners will work well. Just make sure they don't have pumice in them.

 

[The Crisco Kid]

It takes a lot of rubbing to remove any steel with pumice. Running a few patches of it down the barrel will just shine things up a bit, if it even does that much.

 

[snakebit]

Got me thinking of maybe intentionally leaving a "ML kit" behind the truck seat. I usually give the range box a once over when getting ready for a range trip. Glad it worked out for you and you pulled it off. I was vacuuming my truck out a couple months ago and found 3 loose cigarettes. I quit smoking 3 years ago! Speaks volumes on my truck cleaning habits, or lack there of

 

[TreeMan]

Headed to the range yesterday as the temperature was going to be close to 40 and cloudy. I wanted to take advantage of the weather to shoot before the white stuff comes and it gets nasty cold. Anyway, I got set up and I had NO PATCH LUBE! I hate sucking on a piece of cloth so I went to the truck of 22 years to search all the nooks and crannies for anything that would work as a patch lube. Finally I found an old bottle of 2% coal tar shampoo that came from who knows where. But what the heck, beggars can’t be choosers. This stuff worked great and is as slick as snake snot!! It didn’t change my POA or accuracy but I doubt it will be my new go to patch lube, I’m just not wild about the smell of coal tar Shampoo but it did beat chewing on a piece old rag!

Nothing wrong with being prepared for dandruff out on the road! Using it as lube is a bonus!

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

Wipe the dip stick down with a few patches. The one on the engine that is.....

 

[snakebit]

Wipe the dip stick down with a few patches. The one on the engine that is.....

 

[stevenjay1]

Got me thinking of maybe intentionally leaving a "ML kit" behind the truck seat. I usually give the range box a once over when getting ready for a range trip. Glad it worked out for you and you pulled it off. I was vacuuming my truck out a couple months ago and found 3 loose cigarettes. I quit smoking 3 years ago! Speaks volumes on my truck cleaning habits, or lack there of

I bought my truck in ‘02. I think the last time I really cleaned it was in 08 or 09 but it could have been as early as 2011.

 

[snakebit]

I bought my truck in ‘02. I think the last time I really cleaned it was in 08 or 09 but it could have been as early as 2011.

Me thinks we are giving future archeologist something to marvel over. Doing our bit for science.

 

[Grimord]

In a pinch, I have used "Chap stick" as a patch lube.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I have driven to the public range 50 miles away twice and forgot my patch lube and bag of cast balls. I only had the load in the rifle. (deer season was in) and the 5 balls in my loading block. It sure was a long drive to only shoot 6 shots.

 

[MSW]

i just hate it when that happens

 

[tom in nc]

Maybe someone should invent flavored patches. I'll take peach.

 

[akroguy]

Spit dammit, spit!

Or whip out yer dipstick as Sussex says....

The one in the truck...I must emphatically state again.

 

[Mad L]

"The one in the truck"??!!?

That explains why that other couple were looking at me funny...the look on her face was horrifying.

I really gotta start reading the Whole thread before going off half cocked

 

[Numlok]

"The one in the truck"??!!?

That explains why that other couple were looking at me funny...the look on her face was horrifying.

I really gotta start reading the Whole thread before going off half cocked

I think that's how Louis C.K. got into trouble

 

[Mad L]

I think that's how Louis C.K. got into trouble

Forum Mods banned him too?

 

[necchi]

I hate sucking on a piece of cloth

What? you can't spit?
And /or, don't use precut patches with the sizing chemical in them(?)
It's OK to move beyond commercial stuff,,,
Coal tar Shampoo? In the truck?

 

[stevenjay1]

The 2% Coal tar shampoo I found in my truck last week surprised me as well and hence, I have become curious as to it’s origin. So, I asked my wife about it. Any guy who has been married longer then a week is fully aware that their wife knows everything. Well, I’ll be!!! She knew!! Many years ago we had a small mutt dog that had developed skin issues later in life and the vet gave my wife a small sample of the coal tar shampoo to help with the dry skin when we bathe her (dog, not the wife). My wife thought she dropped it when she getting back in the truck. Mystery solved. In reference to my spit. I’m a lot closer to 80 than 70 and when I spit (yes I still can) only the Good Lord knows what will come out. Best not to chance it.