Grocery store in the baking aisle right next to Crisco, evo, and cooking oils.Originally Posted by Hal
Grocery store in the baking aisle right next to Crisco, evo, and cooking oils.
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"
Rudyard Kipling
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I'll have to try a butcher shop. No grocery stores in my area carry it anymore.
The Wal-Mart stores here in SW Virginia carry lard. I bought some a while back to fry some chicken.
Gil Davis Tercenio
# 3020V
34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry
Great, great grandson of Cpl Elijah S Davis, Co I, 6th Alabama Inf CSA
Hal,
Lose the lard, the hog fat. The army used mutton tallow, lamb or sheep fat.
Cass
57th Virginia
No sheep in this area, and I'm not nearly as worried about correctness as I am a possible means of tightening up a group. If lard does that for some, it might do it for me.
I have not had time to look for lard since my last post. I must admit I did not try Wal-Mart. I hate them with every fiber of my being and never think about them even being there. I suppose i could give them a try.
There are a couple of "Abattoirs" in the area. I might try them first.
What it will do is draw flies, just like a greasy haversack. Dixie has sheeps tallow. Or simply make some Emmerts. Heck, tighten your group , use plain candle wax with a little Vaseline as a polymer.
Cass
57th Virginia Infantry
Last edited by cjohnson; 10-01-2019 at 08:51 PM.
I think you fail to understand that I wish to try Poor Jack's recipe.
I like a 60%/40% mixture of REAL Beeswax and Bore Butter. The mixture can be changed slightly depending on the weather...on colder days I increase the amount of Bore Butter slightly and visa versa.
I started using Crisco in my lube formula in the 1960's and quit in the late 1980's. Every Skirmish season I used Crisco in my lube formula, I would have anywhere from 2 to 4 "Cook Offs" every year. Usually the "Cook Offs" occurred on hot days during RAPID FIRE team events.
I stopped using Crisco in the late 1980's AND HAVEN'T HAD A "COOK OFF" SINCE.
Never, never substitute paraffin for beeswax in your lube formula, as paraffin and black powder fouling seems to produce a low grade asphalt!
As for using real lard in your lube formula, consider that SALT (for preservation purposes) is mixed in with the lard. So, do you want to have salt in the black powder fouling in your bore?
Salt isn't an issue if you clean your gun after shooting.
Point is to try different lube mixes to optimize accuracy in each gun.
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"
Rudyard Kipling
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NRA Muzzleloading Instructor
How long does the 60 bees and 40 lard last for you guys once it's been put on the bullet? I used it to lube bullets 8 months ago and now the wax on these bullets really sticks to the barrel on its way down. I assume no one makes a fresh batch every time they shoot??
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