Russell13
Member
Hey BP shooters,
I picked up my first black powder gun yesterday. It’s a Rem new army .44 and I decided I wanted to try making my own lube for it. I live in the desert in California so I’m thinking just using Crisco isn’t going to cut it.
I originally made a 50/50 mix of Crisco and beeswax but that stuff came out hard as a rock. I went all the way to 5 parts Crisco and 1 part beeswax with a touch of olive oil. This still gets pretty hard but is workable and will probably loosen up out in the heat.
What mixes have you guys found to be good for keeping the lube in the cylinder?
I’m also going to be using wonder wars behind the ball.
I picked up my first black powder gun yesterday. It’s a Rem new army .44 and I decided I wanted to try making my own lube for it. I live in the desert in California so I’m thinking just using Crisco isn’t going to cut it.
I originally made a 50/50 mix of Crisco and beeswax but that stuff came out hard as a rock. I went all the way to 5 parts Crisco and 1 part beeswax with a touch of olive oil. This still gets pretty hard but is workable and will probably loosen up out in the heat.
What mixes have you guys found to be good for keeping the lube in the cylinder?
I’m also going to be using wonder wars behind the ball.