Posted on 11/10/2016 5:14:10 AM PST by w1n1
Bullet lube in a black powder cartridge can function in two ways. On grease-groove bullets, it helps keep the bullet from rubbing the gun’s bore to reduce the chance of leading. In a load with a paper-patched bullet, it coats the bore with lube to help prevent hard powder fouling from being too hard or stiff.
In other words, with grease-groove bullets, the lube is primarily for the shot being fired, but it also leaves the bore somewhat coated with lube to keep the black powder fouling soft for the next shot. When shooting paper-patched bullets, the lube largely prepares the gun’s bore by softening the black powder fouling for the next shot.
To expand on the history of paper-patch bullet shooting just a bit, in the mid-1870s, international teams competed in the Creedmoor matches, probably the most famous longdistance shooting events up to that time. There, paper-patch bullets were the normal projectiles used and they were used without any lubrication.
In that era, hunters used tallow or wax lubricating "cookies" underneath the paper-patched bullets, so the hunter’s rifle barrel didn't require cleaning as often. But at the Creedmoor matches, shooters cleaned their barrels after every shot. Read the rest of the story here.
BFL
I use bore butter
So does Shepard Smith.
...So does Shepard Smith...
As a native Texan, we say that our worst nightmare is waking up to find out Texas is actually just the south part of Oklahoma.
But, I will ease up on that if all Okies have a sense of humor like you.
Everything you need to dive right in.
https://www.buffaloarms.com/Paper_Patch_Bullets_pr-4528.aspx
It’s an arcane reloading skill, sort of like roll crimping paper shotgun hulls.
How many grains of powder
or Pyrodex?
I use mutton tallow and beeswax.
90 grains of Pyrodex kepps everything on a 8” paper plate at 100 yrds. I wish I was half as confident with my -06.
It was just too easy.
Click,,,POW !
Thompson Center Natural Lube 1000 Plus Bore Butter Patch & Bullet Lubricant. My 50 cal. Renegade has never misfired using this. I season the bore with it and go and extra step by taking the nipple out and season the flash hole too. A clean pipe cleaner down the hole a few times after and a clean nipple goes back in. I never fire a cap off before hunting, all that does is fowl the flash hole, especially in rainy weather. I sometimes run a Chapstick around the cap if it’s raining. I learned a trick from the old timers and keep a leather thong over the nipple when the cap is off. I personally use swaged lead balls and real black powder.
SPG has worked out well in my .45 LC conversion loads.
Have to give this Vigilante a try.
Nice trick with the Chapstick.
Will transfer all those half used ones from the kitchen catch-all drawer to the BP shooting case.
Knew there would be a reason for stashing those...eventually.
;>)
I will try the tears of liberals.
Thats a guaranteed extra 50 fps at the muzzle. And if you use the coconut flavored chapstick it smells like you are shooting at the beach.
Nice rundown,
Thanks!
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