As a newbe,I need to lube about 200 50cal maxie balls. I was planning on doing a"pan lube batch".Can you advise on a lube? Someone told me I could get by with using the wax from a toilet bowl ring. Any pros and cons?Thanks
T/C maxie ball lube
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The lube from the toilet bowl ring used to be mostly bees wax but now is some synthetics bees wax that melts at near 500 deg F according to the MSDS. Bees wax is good the other I don't know
R D
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Thank for the reply. Just looking for something inexpensive that will work.
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I recently bought some carnuba red for high velocity stuff.
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If you plan to use black powder I recommend using a lube formulated for use with black powder. Others mentioned may be good lubes but also may cause problems when combined with black powder foulling in your barrel. I do not know what they do when used with BP substitutes. Maybe OK?
If you have beeswax you could blend some with Bore Butter for a stiffer lube than Bore Butter alone.
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I would go with T/C Borebutter.You won't have any problems with fouling.I shoot both T/C 50cal and 58cal.Works for me.Don't use anything with petroleum based products
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SPG works extremely well in my smoke pole. I have found bore butter to be too soft and low melting point; I don't like the stuff running all over the place.
B.E.Brickey
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A good BP lube at a good price , EAGLE LUBE. Available from Mike Rix ,do a search for him he does post on this forum.
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Black powder lubes are made from natural ingredients. I just made up a batch of lube from Beeswax and Olive oil,which in old formulas was called “sweet oil “. The proportions were about 60% beeswax 40% olive oil.This was by volume. Adjust to suit temperatures. Remember BP lubes are normally on the soft side to help clean fouling at each shot. Pan lubing worked ok. Les.
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For a simple, cheap, home-made blackpowder lube, if you don't have a source of beeswax, equal parts by melted volume of paraffin, Vaseline and Criso works fine weather. For a softer lube in cold weather double the Crisco. Also works OK substituting ATF for the Vaseline. 1 part ATF to 2 or 3 parts paraffin is a pretty good and cheap general purpose revolver and cowboy bullett lube.
73 de KE4SKY In Home Mix We Trust From the Home of Ed's Red in "Almost Heaven" West Virginia
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Just make VERY sure the Crisco you use is NOT the kind with salt in it!
WES
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