jonk
06-15-2015, 12:03 AM
Lube... well, it's like a butthole I guess. We all have one, they all stink. Or, at least anyone else would say.
That said: generally I have held to the belief that freshly lubed bullets were a must, as most BP lube formulas dry out.
At a recent skirmish, I had leading in the carbine and shot poorly with both it and smoothbore; I go the dipped in musket lube routine.
When I was using SPG for everything, I lubed as close to the skirmish as possible, and sealed each box with saran wrap. Teammate turned me on to mobil-1/beeswax. It grouped well for me so I switched over thinking it would be cheaper. He also said, "It doesn't dry out!"
Well, the only thing that changed was, this batch of bullets was dipped in the Mobil-1 lube a few weeks ahead of time.
It looked noticeably curdled. The leading and subsequent climbing of the carbine (by the end I was hitting 10" high) and poor sb performance with a coked bore tells me that the Mobil-1 synthetic even DOES dry out.
A recent post by a fellow shooter who was suddenly having climbing issues only reiterates to me, drying out lube IS a thing.
What are your own experiences with this?
That said: generally I have held to the belief that freshly lubed bullets were a must, as most BP lube formulas dry out.
At a recent skirmish, I had leading in the carbine and shot poorly with both it and smoothbore; I go the dipped in musket lube routine.
When I was using SPG for everything, I lubed as close to the skirmish as possible, and sealed each box with saran wrap. Teammate turned me on to mobil-1/beeswax. It grouped well for me so I switched over thinking it would be cheaper. He also said, "It doesn't dry out!"
Well, the only thing that changed was, this batch of bullets was dipped in the Mobil-1 lube a few weeks ahead of time.
It looked noticeably curdled. The leading and subsequent climbing of the carbine (by the end I was hitting 10" high) and poor sb performance with a coked bore tells me that the Mobil-1 synthetic even DOES dry out.
A recent post by a fellow shooter who was suddenly having climbing issues only reiterates to me, drying out lube IS a thing.
What are your own experiences with this?