best lube? and receipes for those that make your own

[matt]

hi all,
well i shoot basically crisco but since i missed all the good lube stories i thought maybe we can get a good lube topic going. what do all of you use? ahh and is there a tasty one out there for those of us who pull minnies with our teeth?
matt
winslow's battery 9775
no one has to beat winslows in musket we do it all by ourselves.

[ian45662]

I like alot of beef kidney fat with a little beeswax. I will just add fat or beeswax depending on the temps to make the lube softer or harder.

[Bob Eschbach, 3380v]

Matt, I get good results with a lard-beeswax concoction at about a 3to 1 lard-bw and I vary that ratio according to the expected temperature when I plan to shoot. I have also had good results substituting Crisco for the lard. Bob E

[mwmoore10261]

I've always used a 50/50 mix of Crisco and beeswax. I try to not make up too many rounds in advance as I've noticed the mixture hardens with age. I see that some like to add anhydrous lanolin (wool fat) to the crisco, beeswax mixture. I am interested to know if this keeps the lube softer by maintaining moisture as lanolin is water or humidity attracting. If this is the case I might try some in my lube mixture.
Michael Moore, 10261

[Jim Brady Knap's Battery]

Lefty insists that a touch of olive oil in the beeswax-crisco mix keeps it pliable and slick and doesn't dry out and get brittle. Also cleans with a water based cleaner. He has advised me many time that if you can't spread it on a cracker and eat it it doesn't belong on your black powder bullets. Been working for me for a bunch of years.

See you all at the EB


Jim Brady
2249V
Knap' Battery

[matt]

well its good to see ol lefty rear his head and chime in. i do always follows his advice to dip thrice. jim how is lefty doing? will he be making more appearances on the lube question? i do enjoy his advice. my motto derived from lefty lube thrice but shoot once.
matt
winslows battery 9775v
no one has to beat winslows in musket we do it to ourselves

[Gary Van Kauwenbergh, 101]

I've been using bear grease and bees wax for over 15 years. I realize not everyone has a source for it, but it is slick like nothing else I've seen. I started with Crisco, and tried commercial lubes like MCM, Lens Lube, Lyman Gold, Mobil 1, etc., I like this a lot better. If you touch bear grease on your finger, then wipe it off, you'll still feel it's slickness on your finger for hours. My mix is around 2 parts beeswax to 3 parts bear grease.

I also make my own Lube cartridges for my Lyman Lubrasizer. I kept all my plastic lube tubes from before I made my own, and drilled holes in the caps on one side. I insert a dowel long enough to go all the way through the cap with the hole and the tube, and stick out he other side far enough to fit into a hole drilled in a wooden base. My base holds about eight tubes at a time. I cast enough lube for a couple years at a time, and keep everything in the freezer until I'm ready to use it.

I used to mix a batch of lube, and keep it in a microwavable glass container. When the lubrasizer needed charging, I'd melt the lube in the microwave and pour it into the lubrasizer.

[Walt Magee]

50% beeswax and 50% Mobil 1 Synthetic stays consistent winter and summer.
Old Jerry Harmon formula; I've been using for 12 years and it doesn't get gooey in the heat and only gets a little firm in the cold and it gets plenty cold up here in New England.
Walt Magee
10th Mass Battery
P.S.1 Lb wax to a pint of Mobil 1

[William H. Shuey]

BEST LUBE???

That's like asking which is better, blonds, brunettes or redheads!!

[Ken Hansgen, 11094]

Yeah -- but it brought Lefty back...