Homemade Patch Lube?

[Blizzard of '93]

the 'orange' go-jo has the pumice grit in it - the 'white tub' does not.
'goop' hand cleaner comes in a tube and has an orange scent but is white and has no grit in it.
I never thought of useing the type with the grit for scrubbing a rusted or very crudded up bore - have to keep that in mind.
I've also used Permatex white, that may be the one with lanolin in it. it comes in a quart tub.
anyway it works for me and does'nt freeze up in cold weather. it does have alky in it.

 

[Pete Gaimari]

If anybody wondered.

Ballistol is made from medical grade mineral oil, alkaline salts of oleic acid, several alcohols, Benzyl Acetate and oil from vegetable seeds. The smell comes from medicinal Anethole oil, which is derived from the Anise plant. Ballistol is biodegradable and non-toxic.

 

[russecv58]

i make a patch lube from 1 part bee's wax, 1 part olive oil, and 1 part manteca lard. all of this is by weight ( i.e. 15 grams of each for example)

and if youre still trying to get rid of some of that bee's wax, let me know :wink:

 

[grousehunter]

i always figured your lube would contaminate the powder to, i thought that was most of the reason we used overpowder wads with conicals seeing as you seem to get the best fouling reduction by lubing the base of the bullet. soooo i tryed putting a couple of grains of cornmeal on top of the powder but this was to time consuming for me. my grandpa said some guy told him he used nest material from wasps or bees. i tryed that under my patches and while i cant really see any accuraccy changes i never see any burnt patches either which cant be bad. so i always have a ziplock bag full i carry now and use with the conicals as well

 

[Naphtali]

As a general reply-query, a friend has bought a C. Sharps Hepburn rifle. To maintain it, he has a wax called Renaissance Wax. From his conversations with BPCR competitors and blurb that was included with the can of wax, the stuff may be useful as patch lube, especially for leaving rifle loaded long-term. It apparently has none of the generally acknowledged harmful ingredients or ingredients that decompose over time.

I'm not certain how useful this information might be. I do not know the cost for the wax, but I suspect it's expensive, or how much need be used for it to function as/in a patch lube.

Nevertheless, I hope this helps.