Why some ingrediants in patch lube?

[nkbj]

Olive oil and bees wax has worked so well for me long enough that I no longer experiment with other things.

Same here. I stick some lanolin in it too so the same patch lube will work as good as I can figure out for lead bullets in fast twist barrels and in percussion revolvers. Then everything works out of the same bucket. Well, except when it doesn't work!
:haha:

 

[AZbpBurner]

Where is a good source for Lanolin? Used to be the Navajos would bring the sheep down to a field about a mile from my place, but they never sourced lanolin. I saw some place in New Zealand who sold lanolin, but shipping was stoopidly expensive. Pharmacies don't have lanolin any longer & beeswax is even getting hard to find.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Vermont Country Store.
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com...=gdfV21961_a_7c336_a_7c1189_a_7c61420_d_92045

Or off the sheep. ;-)

 

[nkbj]

Where is a good source for Lanolin? Used to be the Navajos would bring the sheep down to a field about a mile from my place, but they never sourced lanolin. I saw some place in New Zealand who sold lanolin, but shipping was stoopidly expensive. Pharmacies don't have lanolin any longer & beeswax is even getting hard to find.

Got some lanolin from a chemical supply warehouse in Pasadena, TX. For beeswax I go to local bee keepers.