I watched Mike's video on youtube about making your own wads. For years I've used cheap Crisco over the bullets. Of course if you look at the Crisco after the first shot, it's melting and most of it gets blown all over the place. It's never bothered me that much but in an effort to make things better and perhaps more accurate I'm willing to make a change.
On the video lamb tallow is used and of course it's currently not the season. I do see on durofelt that they also sell Lanolin for making wads. So which is better, Lanolin or Lamb Tallow? Is the ratio of beeswax to Lanolin the same?
I also wonder what happens to the powder and the wad if the gun was to stay loaded for a long period of time, would the lube start "bleeding" into the powder and eventually fowl the powder? Not that I leave a percussion revolver loaded but with the new crazy gun laws coming out who knows what we will be left with.
On the video lamb tallow is used and of course it's currently not the season. I do see on durofelt that they also sell Lanolin for making wads. So which is better, Lanolin or Lamb Tallow? Is the ratio of beeswax to Lanolin the same?
I also wonder what happens to the powder and the wad if the gun was to stay loaded for a long period of time, would the lube start "bleeding" into the powder and eventually fowl the powder? Not that I leave a percussion revolver loaded but with the new crazy gun laws coming out who knows what we will be left with.