Oh boy! Another patch lube post.

[Thomas.bill92]

Anyone ever use aerosol products like Hornady One Shot or Lyman Quick Shot case lube to spray down material for cut patches? I bought a can of the Lyman stuff for metallic reloading and did't like it too much so I'm thinking of re purposing it to a superior sport... SDS says lard is a main component so it can't be that bad...

 

[TreeMan]

Except when hunting I just use spit for targets/match shooting. Ifs it’s wet and as slimy as spit it’ll probably do good lol.

 

[yonderin]

There are a lot of recipes, concoctions, potions, products, secret formulas, etc.

The most common point seems to be, no matter what you're using over applying is generally bad mojo. Give it a try.

What I really care about is will it help me regrow my hair?

 

[Grenadier1758]

I don't know about regrowing hair, but my mix of bee's wax and olive oil is not only a good bullet lubricant, it will keep what hair you have in place.

 

[ord sgt]

Except when hunting I just use spit for targets/match shooting. Ifs it’s wet and as slimy as spit it’ll probably do good lol.

Mix in some juice from chewing tobacco and it works much more better. I know. A friend and I could be seen on the firing line with a cloth strip hanging from our mouths while loading and shooting. But then, we were the only two people that shot muzzle loaders at the R/P club.

 

[Okie Hog]

Personally i won't use spray stuff for patch lube.

 

[deermanok]

You may as well give it a shot, so to speak.

 

[Scota@4570]

I have tried lanolin. It is a likely ingredient in case lube. Lanolin is to slick. Accuracy suffers in my experience. It could be powder burn is less consistent if the lube is to slippery. Don't know, I do know water bases stuff shoots better at the range.

Lots of stuff works, it probably will not hurt anything.

 

[necchi]

Anyone ever use aerosol products like Hornady One Shot or Lyman Quick Shot case lube to spray down material for cut patches?

Yup! A bunch of folks have.
That's why they still sell the stuff as case lube, and have never mentioned the stuff being used as a good patch lube in their marketing.


p.s. honestly,, the stuff has never been meant to be burned at high temp and under pressure, it's case lube, made, designed and used to prevent galling of metals during pressured friction metal contact.
The stuff has nothing to do with making cotton fabric while it's being burned,, slippery.

 

[Whughett]

If spit makes an acceptable “lube” for patching then surely any liquid would serve the same purpose.

 

[toot]

I don't know about regrowing hair, but my mix of bee's wax and olive oil is not only a good bullet lubricant, it will keep what hair you have in place.

when applied liberally to your head it will always be with you when you are loading in the field. but becomes a real mess in late JULY, and starts to run, then you get it off of your collar!

 

[JBrandon]

How about this stuff? Smells and feels like the main ingredient is beeswax.
I don't put glockh in my remaining hair, but I understand that in the old days, the wily backwoodsman slicked up his hair for the Saturday night barn dance, then slept a good night on his pillow in the heat, and in the morning he could cut up the pillow case for pre-lubed patches.
At least that's the story I just made up.

 

[longcruise]

If spit makes an acceptable “lube” for patching then surely any liquid would serve the same purpose.

It does. Sometimes I just use some dish soap and water about 1:10

 

[necchi]

then surely any liquid would serve the same purpose.

Well he's not using a liquid, he asking about an aerosol. Sure, you can keep on spraying until the application has saturated the cloth.
But now you have a liquid that has been chemically altered to be delivered in an aerosol application.
AND, the liquid being delivered has been manufactured to a specific task: metal to metal contact.

In reality, homo sapient saliva, indeed does have "lubrication" properties,,
,,you'll learn that as your get older,,

 

[rshveyda]

How about this stuff? Smells and feels like the main ingredient is beeswax.
I don't put glockh in my remaining hair, but I understand that in the old days, the wily backwoodsman slicked up his hair for the Saturday night barn dance, then slept a good night on his pillow in the heat, and in the morning he could cut up the pillow case for pre-lubed patches.
At least that's the story I just made up.
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No thanks, I'm a Dapper Dan man! I don't want no Fop either!

 

[Whughett]

Well he's not using a liquid, he asking about an aerosol. Sure, you can keep on spraying until the application has saturated the cloth.
But now you have a liquid that has been chemically altered to be delivered in an aerosol application.
AND, the liquid being delivered has been manufactured to a specific task: metal to metal contact.

In reality, homo sapient saliva, indeed does have "lubrication" properties,,
,,you'll learn that as your get older,,

That’s interesting. An aerosol isn’t a liquid. It’s a gas maybe ??? I use Ballistol in both an aerosol and a liquid. The liquid actually came with a spray pump.
Isn’t lead a metal, at 80 years of age I’ve still got a lot to learn apparently.