Patch lube

Pinesol. Cleans on the way down the bore, slightly oily as well, only takes a couple of drops.

Anyone use Wipe-out Black powder Clean and lube?

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Mink oil for me. Works in the cold too!.

Fyrstyk said:

Mink oil for me. Works in the cold too!.

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Same here! Plenty cheap, too.

Mac

TC Bore Butter or Traditions WonderLube which are basically the same.
Each contains 1000 Plus.

I used to use spit these days I use a little wonder lube. I run both sides of a dry patch in-between shots barrel stays nice and clean and loads easy.

Jackrabbit1957 said:

Pinesol. Cleans on the way down the bore, slightly oily as well, only takes a couple of drops.

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I believe pinesol is a "secret ingredient" in the Lehigh Valley lube that is very popular. Pure tallow works great too...mink oil would be good if it didnt cause rust. Ive experienced it when i tried it as arbor lube even without shooting and using for storage...all my arbors had a film kf surface rust..almost like the mink oil caused a soft oxidation. I know a couple others who had the same issue. It may work good for temporary usage but i wouldnt leave a trace of it in my gun after what i experienced. Too bad too as it works well in cold weather. Something else that is not very well known is raw shea butter...its used as a cosmetic and skin moisturizer. Its cold pressed from a nut. Its solid and pretty hard but melts with body temperature. That mixed with just a little lanolin and it makes a great patch lube.

Bore Butter or Crisco. I keep the Crisco in an old plastic 35mm film container in my possibles bag as a back up if I run out of Bore Butter.

Same thing I use on wads. 50/50 Crisco and beeswax. Bore butter if I out of that. Patch material is one long strip so bore butter is a bit messy in warmer weather.

Mink Oil or Bore Butter for me.

Lard and bees wax the mixture changes with the season. Bore butter if im at the gun store and need something ASAP never Crisco well at least never again.

Outlaw kid is right about the "secret ingredient" in Lehigh Valley lube. I was given a bottle of it and saw a ridiculous high price tag on it. For the cost of 2 bottles one could buy a gallon of Pinesol and refill the bottle half of forever .

I use bore butter and swab the barrel after a couple of rounds.

I've had best results with Hoppe's 9 Plus. I just lube a bunch of patches ahead of time or a strip if I cut at the muzzle and keep them in a plastic bag. Good for at least 10 shots before swabbing and clean up is easy. After using the Hoppe's Plus I found a bunch of bottles at a swap meet for a buck a bottle. Sometimes I get lucky.

Jeff

Mike 56 said:

I used to use spit these days I use a little wonder lube. I run both sides of a dry patch in-between shots barrel stays nice and clean and loads easy.

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So you lube with wonder lube for each shot and then swab with a dry patch between shots?

damoc said:

Lard and bees wax the mixture changes with the season. Bore butter if im at the gun store and need something ASAP never Crisco well at least never again.

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Curious as to the why with Crisco. Something I’m missing?

1KPerDay said:

So you lube with wonder lube for each shot and then swab with a dry patch between shots?

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Yes, The wonder lube keeps the fouling really soft the fouling wipes off with a dry cleaning patch. After I dry patch the barrel does look like I fired it. I pre-lube my cap and ball revolver barrels with it as well. I don't like using wads I lube over the balls with beeswax/Crisco lube the wonder gives my lube ahead start.

I wont put bore butter or wonder lube anywhere near my guns. So many guns i haved worked on where the lube turns into sticky gunk or encapsulates moisture to cause rust. Mixed with fouling from pyrodex and its the perfect storm for rust and pitting...atleast in a humid environment. Its just mineral oil and paraffin wax really...better to make your own similar lube by use a natural oil like high temp cooking oil and beeswax/soy was.

I'm not too picky, having found all sorts of things which work. The pre-lubed Wonder patches are convenient if expensive. At least in my climate, they have never caused problems for me. I also use various proportions of beeswax and tallow with excellent results.

whughett said:

Curious as to the why with Crisco. Something I’m missing?

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Crisco turns to glue in the mechanism over time. Once heated it does not return to its crisco form like natural greases lard and tallow do.
Lard has got a bad rep in cooking as well which is totally undeserved these hydrogenated veg oils are much worse for our health and if my wife was answering your question she would probably say something about the unsustainably harvested palm oil destroying the rain forests of South America.

Edited to correct myself its south east Asia not South America where palm oil production is destroying the rain forests.

I clean my muzzle stuffers with hot water and Dawn dish detergent every time after I shoot. Never a problem with gunk, rust, or sludge. If the residue isn't there it can't cause an issue. I think a lot of issues are generated from people over lubing. I put about 20 patches in a plastic container with a small smear of bore butter between each and then microwave the container for about 15 seconds. Leave it sealed until you shoot. I can usually get at least 6 shots in using BP before I need to swab with a dry patch.

Steel Horse Rider said:

I clean my muzzle stuffers with hot water and Dawn dish detergent every time after I shoot. Never a problem with gunk, rust, or sludge. If the residue isn't there it can't cause an issue. I think a lot of issues are generated from people over lubing. I put about 20 patches in a plastic container with a small smear of bore butter between each and then microwave the container for about 15 seconds. Leave it sealed until you shoot. I can usually get at least 6 shots in using BP before I need to swab with a dry patch.

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I do things a little different my BP firearms are lucky if they get a deep clean twice a year and when they do get cleaned I immediately loaded and I fire 1 shot to blow the grease into the mechanism I know this is not how others here would recommend but it works for me and is why I cant use Crisco.

I did serious testing a few years back. I was traveling to a competition and wanted my best possible effort.
I found Hoppes Black Powder bore cleaner and patch lube to give the tightest groups. It shoots clean too. Thats what I use, fwiw.

I have switched to all Hoppes on my shooting equipment.
I can store this rifle for months and run a patch down the barrel and it comes out clean.

The guy that won the competition from the above picture swears by Ballistol, it is my#2 pick.