May 2, 2008, 01:22 AM | #1 |
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patch lube
new to BP, what do you use for patch lube?
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May 2, 2008, 01:32 AM | #2 |
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I soak my patches is a melted mix of veggie shortening (crisco) and olive oil, equal parts per volume of each.
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May 2, 2008, 07:21 AM | #3 |
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I use T/C Bore Butter (Hunting and storage).
When I am plinking, a spit patch.
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May 2, 2008, 08:06 AM | #4 |
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I use Murphys oil soap ...it`s cheap , and works as well as anything I`ve tried ...Walmart sells it for 3 bucks a quart .
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May 2, 2008, 04:31 PM | #5 |
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I use TC Bore Butter or it's equivalent by Traditions, Wonderlube.
I get confused about which to call it, so I've nicknamed it "WonderButter". |
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May 2, 2008, 06:02 PM | #7 |
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HEY want the best, well here it is, crisco and bees wax
all you guys have been misled, do not settle for anything less. Have a nice day.
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wonderlube
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May 2, 2008, 10:33 PM | #9 |
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lube 2000
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May 3, 2008, 04:53 AM | #10 |
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Ballistol, can shoot all day with no fouling buildup.
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May 3, 2008, 09:23 AM | #11 |
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All of the above work.
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May 3, 2008, 03:45 PM | #12 |
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Ox Yoke (Now Traditions) prelubed wonder patches that have been marinated in Hoppes #9+ BP solvent. 30 or so patches in an empty cap tin with a tespoon or so of Hoppes. Let em sit for a day or two before using. The patches end up being damp/moist but not dripping wet. The wet/lubed patch cleans the barrel as you ram the ball. I can load and shoot all day at an aggregate match (50+ rounds) with the last ball loading as easily as the first.
BTW - I'm using a Pedersoli Deluxe Tryon Rifle in .54 Cal. This was also my loading procedure for a CVA Hawken that I had and a Waldron Rifle Works Pennsylvania flintlock in .50 Cal. OK - added 1830 hrs - Cleanup is with Hoppes#9+ that's all I use on my front stuffers - lube is Remoil. Now, if your talking C&Bs or BP cartridge guns, then its water and Balistol to clean and Balistol to lube
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OK now ask what liquid we use for cleaning ..LOL ...I think we will all agree at some point hot water ...but from there , many things ...as many as there are stars in the sky . Ain`t it great , everyones ideas will work ..if they didn`t we wouldn`t use them ..and then there`s oiling ..
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I like reading posts like this to see just how may different combinations can be found. I think that I may put a book together on all the different answers I have seen on all of he websites about what to use for powder, lube, cleaning, etc. It would probably rival the new English dictionary!
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Cleaning? I use hot water with a little dish soap.
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May 11, 2008, 05:21 AM | #18 |
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I just use a little dish soap and some hot water.
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put mine in the dishwasher
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May 11, 2008, 10:10 AM | #20 |
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I wonder if a water-pic with a tube long enough to reach the breach would work?
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I just throw mine in the back of the truck with the dirty dishes and wait on it to rain ,.,.,then drive around in the rain about 30 mins,,drip dry ..and ready for another day of trying to shoot...
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