Non-Tallow Lubes for Black Powder Revolvers : 3 Types
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- Making 3 Types of Lube for C&P Revolvers!
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The fact that there are so many recipes suggests that you can pretty much use anything.
i've used wax toilet seal rings! works pretty good. I've also used large veterinary syringes to apply it. just heat it until it's fairly drippy, pour it into the syringe and seal it with the plunger. you might have to ream out the head where the needle normally goes but the plastic is soft.
The best thing on Black Powder Lube is the different choices to be made, I have used bees wax, gulf wax and lard mix. Bear Fat, Lambs Tallow, Buffalo Tallow, Olive Oil (I like the Bear Fat also) just so much to chose from that works well, I have heard, read and seen Murphy`s Oil Soap used in lubes. So many different recipes none are wrong (except bacon grease someone slipped, forgot about the salt) Even then in a pinch bacon grease will work, clean excessively after, But knowing if I had to may not be greatest choice, if none other available, it will work.
You have to use weight not volume
I did 35/35/35 of pure beeswax, crisco, and olive oil in a small crockpot set on low which is 200° and for a little added zing I put some mint food flavoring in for a very pleasant smell. Makes great chapstick too, wife loves it lol.
I always use a pop cycle stick to add my lube. I just prefer to make wads or paper cartridges.
Great video. Thank you
i've always used my fingers for plugging the cylinders with lube. Alittle messy,but wipes off easily
Cheap candle wax and Vaseline is a very easy and effective method. It dissolves the black powder residue making it softer without reacting with it to make it more corrosive in any way
Very good video, very informative.
Try using a popsicle stick. They're available in craft stores. The knife may damage the the guns finish over time.
Thanks a bunch!
I tend to stay away from Crisco as a black powder lube, but when I make lube out of bees wax and lard or tallow I add a bit of dish soap or a piece of bar soap. This helps with clean up and keeps the fouling softer so if your Remington style revolver binds you can lower the loading lever, pull the cylinder pin (leave the cylinder in place) and push it back in and go on shooting. I enjoy your videos, thank you for making them.
I had my grandkids save me a few popsicle sticks to apply lube. I keep a few in the BP range bag.
Lambs tallow is the best. For my bullet dipping on my conical balls or for my combustable paper cartridges I use a 50/50 bees wax and lambs tallow. The consistency of that mix is like a softer wax and adheres to the bullet well.
Olive oil makes fouling nice and soft. It will allways cause fliers.
Good video! I prefer tallow as it has a much higher melting point than pork fat (Crisco), olive oil, or any other short-chain saturated fat. Just collect your hamburger fat or see if you can get some beef trimmings from your butcher. I tried the over-ball lube method, and found that even with beef tallow/beeswax, I had a lot of fat run down the cylinder and toward the handle. I either use homemade "wonder wads" or run a lubed up swab down the bore every cylinder.
These also work amaxing for dry cracked hands in the winter. Except i use pure almond oil instead of olive oil.
Vaseline works really well too with beeswax.... Basically all BP lubes are beeswax... the oil/talllow/whatever is just to soften the wax. It's the beeswax that does the bizzo...
my mix is a 40:60 tallow rendered from beef kidney fat and beeswax. Kidney fat tallow is very hard and makes a stiff mix. iIn the past I have tried several types of oil but find it sweats out of wads and makes a wet mess. But thanks for the ideas i may try them.