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10-10-2005 | 08:30 AM

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Tahquamenon

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RE: How many of you still borebutter?

After over three decades of muzzleloading, the most important thing here is care for your muzzeloader regardless of what lube you use.

That said, I've never bought into the "seasoning" thing. In fact, I have removed this seasoning (which is little more than buildup within the bore) on several ML's over the years to return them to accuracy. Seasoning is also more beneficial to cast iron (like my pans), not the modern steels of today.

For a shooting lubricant bore butter is fine (although Rooster Labs lubes are better) for patch, conical and field lubrication.

Why? Because Natural Lubes don't coke up and tar within the bore like synthetic or petroleum lubes when shooting black or substitute powders.

However for long term protection against corrosion, bore butter is better than nothing but Otis 085 Ultra Bore and Clenzoil are vastly superior and not even in the same category. The best lubes for corrosion protection are lubes that displace moisture.

I've used Clenzoil since the late 60's and Otis Ultra Bore for six years now.
Bore Butter's do not displace moisture.

To get ready for shooting:
Non-natural lubes need to be removed from the bore prior to shooting. Easy, take a couple of good bore solvent or alcohol & Windex patch or two and in a minute all of the oils are removed. Then dry patch followed by a natural lubed patch to protect against flash rust.

I'm with "Roundball", I'm not trying to change anyone's maintenance procedures.

The most important thing is to care for your muzzleloader like you have never cared for any other weapon. As soon as you are finished shooting and even if you have only fired one time, detail clean it and care for it and it will last.

I always use boiling hot soapy water (laundry detergent) for cleaning and then alcohol patches for moisture evaportation while everything is hot.

Then dry patches and then Otis inside and Clenzoil everywhere else.

M2C & Best,

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