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Looking for an easy to make recipe for lubing black powder cartridges. Inside lube ( 41 colt 200gr hollow base). 50/50 beeswax and crisco? I figure I'll pan lube as I don't have the lube/size die stuff.

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I use 50/50 beeswax & cheap olive oil. Probably similar to Crisco... Works great even in colder temps (-15 here). I've run as many as 50 .45 colts through my SAA clone without a hiccup using that recipe.

I just pan lube em & use a brass tube or an old case to cut them out

I usually run them through a sizer afterwards just because mine are cast oversized, the Lee sizing kits are not expensive
 
Question: Why ingredients like olive oil and Crisco? Won't it go rancid after a period of time, especially in hot weather? What about just beeswax and high quality mineral oil? Maybe with a touch of oil of wintergreen for that fresh minty smell?
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Moose Snot but you have to look it up as there are at least 5 different recipes for it (includes NEATS foot oil which isn't suppose to freeze). Anything with BEESWAX and an oil. Making your own, it's a big thing to go shooting and having made your own lube. Best of luck
 
I used to use wax and lard but you end up with the smelliest bullets on the line lol my sizer luber used to stink from the rancid fat YUCK! lol so now I just use SPG But some use wax and vasaline etc somthing that wont go rancid.
 
Hmm. So i mixed up a pound of crisco and a pound of beeswax. Pan lubed the bullets. Hard to wash the stuff off my hands. I'm surprised that it makes a good bp lube. It seems like it would be difficult to clean.
 
Posted this before

he list of commonly used bullets lubes over the years is interesting:

US Army 1855 - 1 part beeswax, 3 parts tallow
US Army 1861 - 8 parts beeswax, 1 part tallow
US Army 1873 - 8 parts bayberry wax, 1 part graphite
US Army 1880 - Japan wax
Sharps Rifle Co. 1878 - 1 part beeswax, 2 parts sperm oil.
Maynard Rifle 1890 - 1 part beeswax, 3 parts tallow
Marlin Firearms Co. 1891 - 1 part beeswax, 4 parts tallow
S&W 1891 - tallow
H.M. Pope 1900 - 3 parts mutton tallow, 2 parts bay wax, 1 part beeswax, 1 part steam cylinder oil, .2 of 1 part Acheson graphite. (The bay wax can be omitted)
 
NorthCoastBigBore said:
I use 50/50 beeswax & cheap olive oil. Probably similar to Crisco... Works great even in colder temps (-15 here). I've run as many as 50 .45 colts through my SAA clone without a hiccup using that recipe.

I just pan lube em & use a brass tube or an old case to cut them out

I usually run them through a sizer afterwards just because mine are cast oversized, the Lee sizing kits are not expensive
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zackly what I do - even to the mix.

tac
 
StoneHorse said:
Question: Why ingredients like olive oil and Crisco? Won't it go rancid after a period of time, especially in hot weather? What about just beeswax and high quality mineral oil? Maybe with a touch of oil of wintergreen for that fresh minty smell?
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because vegetable oils keep the fouling soft and any mineral oil ( or synthetic, i tried for that matter ) will turn black powder residue into tar. You'll need gasoline or varsol to clean that up. For the veggie oil, hot water is enough. Wintergreen could work tho...

CG
 
NorthCoastBigBore said:
I use 50/50 beeswax & cheap olive oil. Probably similar to Crisco... Works great even in colder temps (-15 here). I've run as many as 50 .45 colts through my SAA clone without a hiccup using that recipe.

I just pan lube em & use a brass tube or an old case to cut them out

I usually run them through a sizer afterwards just because mine are cast oversized, the Lee sizing kits are not expensive
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this is what I do as well, I think I read the 50/50 beeswax & olive oil was what the British military used way back when
 
Forget about lube and just powdercoat your bullets. Saves a lot of mess and they don't seem to mind the bp fouling.

PC bullets are a lot less trouble and far less messy after all is said and done. Virtually eliminates all lead fouling as well.
 
bearhunter said:
Forget about lube and just powdercoat your bullets. Saves a lot of mess and they don't seem to mind the bp fouling.

PC bullets are a lot less trouble and far less messy after all is said and done. Virtually eliminates all lead fouling as well.
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Never tried... how much work or preparations are involved in powder coating? I have a lube-sizer,Mess? Ya,but quick .
 
bearhunter said:
Forget about lube and just powdercoat your bullets. Saves a lot of mess and they don't seem to mind the bp fouling.

PC bullets are a lot less trouble and far less messy after all is said and done. Virtually eliminates all lead fouling as well.
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I'll agree it is messy but pan lubing is really quite fast. And you always end up with more than you need to use next time round.

A guy I know was playing around with PC'ing for months and finally gave it up, I know he was working with a number of guys on here and on castboolits and it just never worked right, also took a fair amount of time and effort - more than pan lubing from every time I was there watching the process. Your mileage is gonna vary but after watchin' all his adventures I think I'll pass.

crooked barrel jed said:
Also, I think if you added a drop or two of peppermint oil it would be a good lip balm! (think Burts Bees)
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No doubt! The smell on the range is really quite nice, much as I like the burning blackpowder it sure makes for a nicer smelling cleanup!
 
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Leading isn't the problem. I'm only pushing them to max 800fps. The problem is BP fouling. Powder coating doesn't help at all with BP.
 
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