Beaver fat for lube?

[brewer12345]

I shot a beaver on Saturday, last day of our small game season. This sucker was over 40 pounds and FAT. As I broke it down tonight, I got a lot of the fat off of it and threw it in a Ziploc. Before I toss it, I thought I would ask: anyone use this as minie ball or conical bullet lube, perhaps mixed with beeswax? If it would work, waste not, want not.

 

[William Sublette]

Render it and try it.

 

[fishmanbeene]

Try it and let us know how it works.

 

[Ames]

Let us know how fast it goes rancid.
I can still smell (in my mind) the possum grease from one I skinned and tanned in the early 80's.
The leather was glove soft, but the stink...

 

[Jim Evans]

If nothing else, you may have every beaver in the woods stalking you.

 

[fishleclair]

Let us know how fast it goes rancid.
I can still smell (in my mind) the possum grease from one I skinned and tanned in the early 80's.
The leather was glove soft, but the stink...

Beaver fat does not stink per say when it goes rancid, I use plenty of beaver meat on my trapline and always find it smelling sweet even after I let it "Cure " before freezing but that could be just me. I will try and make some this spring as well as I need to get some more beaver for my Quota.

 

[renegadehunter]

Render it down, I bet it works just fine.

 

[smo]

Beaver Roast! Sounds Great!

I can’t see why the rendered fat wouldn’t work.
Hopefully a Mountain Lion won’t smell You... just sayin’.

 

[tenngun]

I shoot ball and have little experience with conicals. I know boys that shoot better then me might find a difference between different lubes. In my shooting lard, deer tallow, mink oil work well. When I tried conical in a ‘63 contract rifle’ and crisco worked well for me.

 

[Sean Gadhar]

. Before I toss it, I thought I would ask: anyone use this as minie ball or conical bullet lube, perhaps mixed with beeswax? If it would work, waste not, want not.

I can't imagine you won't find a good use. I am amazed how my efforts at patch lube have also made me a better boot dressing, hand cream (Don't tell my wife it's just my patch lube with a little Tea Tree Oil, she thinks it's great) I have even been experimenting with a elk/bear based lube in my AK47

 

[Gun Tramp]

in my AK47

Like nails on a chalkboard.

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Like nails on a chalkboard.

The list of guns my Wife & Kid like shooting is long and varied, but does not include Smoke poles , and I like Shooting with the family