When me and a buddy first started shooting muzzleloader, we got in trouble with the lady of the house because we took her Crisco without asking. Well even if we had asked she'd of turned us down.

Worst part was when she came out to the range in the yard and saw it there on the picnic table. I will never forget the look on her face. She screamed at my buddy, "Is that mine?" He just smiled and said, "Not any more."

Actually Crisco works good until the weather gets warm or you start shooting a lot and the barrel gets hot. Then it starts to melt in the bore over the powder charge. I just never thought that was a good thing. Bore Butter for years was the thing to use. Then I started having troubles with that, moved away from it, and never looked back.