I used Bore Butter, a.k.a. Natural Lube 1000, for many years in BPCR and muzzleloading longrifles. My ONLY complaint was that bore butter turns a dingy brown over time. When you run a patch down a barrel to clean that out, it looks like it's pulling rust. Strictly for cosmetics, I decided to use WD-40 as a barrel preservative. My bores stay clean and shiny now. When I want to remove the residual oil to shoot, I use an alcohol patch.
PS - Because black powder shooters are cheap SOBs, at least the ones that trained me, I tried to make my own bore butter using bees wax and olive oil. I never got the proportions quite right before I switched to the WD-40.
PPS - Take no offense at the term SOB. People have been calling me that for years, but I'm told it stands for "Sweet Old Bob."
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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