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Your Fav. Vegetable Oil for Making Lubes
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I use lubed wads sparingly--the lube I trust is 50/50 animal tallow with
Beeswax melted and blended. Make it to a stiffness thicker than butter.
Adjust the amount of wax. Beeswax stands up to hot days & firing better.
Besides lubing wads you can pack your cylinder openings on revolvers
with it for a good barrier. If you use a bore lube with long rifles
a thinner lube is best on the patch. Remembering always that a hot
barrel can melt lube and flow into powder reducing the ignition quality.
Beeswax melted and blended. Make it to a stiffness thicker than butter.
Adjust the amount of wax. Beeswax stands up to hot days & firing better.
Besides lubing wads you can pack your cylinder openings on revolvers
with it for a good barrier. If you use a bore lube with long rifles
a thinner lube is best on the patch. Remembering always that a hot
barrel can melt lube and flow into powder reducing the ignition quality.
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longcruise
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That's true. I read somewhere that peanut oil is the one most heat resistant (i think that is the same as smoke point). I used it and it worked fine but veggie oil just as well and it wins on price.
One day shooting spit patch i was checking patch condition. Picked up a patch immediately after the shot. It was a warm day but the patch clean and ambient temperature.
From that I concluded that regardless of the temperature the patch is exposed to it is so short-lived that the lubes smoke point is unimportant. Just my take on it.
I was told that peanut oil has a higher smoke point or what ever you call it on this forum several years ago. My first thought was, so?
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No vegetable oil is worth a darn for black powder fouling!
For patches use water soluble oil and distilled water...
The water just melts BP fouling. And the oil will remain even if you're patch begins to dry while you visit at the range, or walk all day on a hunt.
For conicals SPG wins matches period.
For patches use water soluble oil and distilled water...
The water just melts BP fouling. And the oil will remain even if you're patch begins to dry while you visit at the range, or walk all day on a hunt.
For conicals SPG wins matches period.
Brokennock
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Well there you have it. Apparently no further discussion is required, we have the definitive statement there....
longcruise
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Well there you have it. Apparently no further discussion is required, we have the definitive statement there....
Yep, may as well shut the forum down.
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Wouldn't that be a refreshing notion!....lol It seems there was a time that may have been true. Remember the days of actual literature and encyclopedia facts?Well there you have it. Apparently no further discussion is required, we have the definitive statement there....
But now all answers are correct... the Yes, the No, and the Maybe. And the all-time favorite... "What your gun likes". Hilarious.... good morning fellas, I hope you all have a great weekend and have a chance go burn some powder.
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No just the endless cycle of "what works great for Lube?". LOLYep, may as well shut the forum down.
Greenjoytj
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Jojoba oil = the best
Read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jojoba_oil
Jojoba used in this:
https://www.lubegard.com/products/val/
Read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jojoba_oil
Jojoba used in this:
https://www.lubegard.com/products/val/
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longcruise
70 Cal.
FWIW, I have shot many consecutive shots with no lube, just a dry patch. Wipe between shots with spit or water and it worked just fine.
Brokenrock,Well there you have it. Apparently no further discussion is required, we have the definitive statement there....
That was spoken like a gentleman who argues effectively.
This is VERY interesting. I have heard of jojoba but never really knew what it was.
If the U.S. military was using it to lube machine guns during the supply crunch of WW2, you can bet they made a study of it first.
I like 60% lamb's tallow / 30% beeswax / 10% olive oil.
The tallow does the lubing, the beeswax keeps it stable in warm temp, and the olive oil adds smoothness.
But I think when Im done with my current batch I might try jojoba in place of olive oil...maybe adjust the percentages too.
My "lube" has the consistency of cold butter. So I just roll the conical of it's side pressing gently and after a turn of two I have enough on there.
Using Hornady PA conicals, which come covered in 'peanut butter' I get better groups and easier swabbing with mine.
PA conicals come in a plastic zip bag, so you just spray a whole lotta WD40 in there. Then shake. Then pour the liquid in the trash and the bullets out on to paper towels. Then rub them all clean of the now 'hot caramel' and put them into a low sided tray. I put in 99% isopropyl alcohol and swish it around for a minute. Drain. Pour out onto paper towels, and rub dry with paper towels.
The bullets are now clean lead. Ready for my lube when I go shooting.
Sentry44
You might want to research soybean oil and wax. Give it a try you might like it.
Grape seed oil has the highest flame temp of all the oils, I have used it exclusively for years, in all my lube mixes, also best for frying dead fish, IMO
