Questions and answers from Facebook

“I was wanting to see if anyone has a homemade recipe for bore butter lube, for cap n ball revolvers.”

— Carl Gula

Here are some of the most informative comments from the post.

Don G “80/20 Bee's Wax and Talo. is historical, Crisco/Shorting will work as an internal lube”

Paul R “1 part bees wax granules to 7 parts olive oil. Done in stages in the microwave.”

Craig H “I have been using beeswax and Crisco shortening 50/50 for hot weather shooting and the same components about 75/25 Crisco shortening and beeswax

Also take trigger guard off and take Crisco shortening and poke it in till it is full and coming out of the bolt slot and I can see it when I cock the hammer .supposedly keeps black powder fouling from getting inside the revolver and keeps the action as slick as can be.”

Ken H “I got into collecting beeswax from hives and mixing it with various vegetable oil. All of it works, but I have no "scientific" conclusions. I am curious about jojoba oil because it has a very high flash point and has been used on sewing machines as a replacement for whale oil. For kicks, it Also has been used in machine guns and engines and transmissions. I will try it. It is available commercially and I happen to have some property in the middle-of-nowhere with some jojoba plants on it. Smoke point: 195 °C 383F

Freezing point: 7-10.6 °C

Flashpoint: 295 °C 563F

Viscosity index: 190-230

Viscosity: 48 SUS at 99 °C 127 SUS at 37.8 °C

Specific gravity: 0.863 at 25 °C”

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