ORIGINAL: nysbowhunter
I have just bought some hoppes solvent and patch lube, I had to special order it here so I felt committed to take it home but it's not what I expected.I didnt know that it was a liquid.I thought I read somewhere that it was like bore butter in consistency, anyways I dont care as long as it works. I have had a problem with bore butter freezing in really cold weather so I want to try something else. I know some of you guys use this stuff. what do you think is the best way to use it. I have a real problem with setting a wet patch on black powder. Thanks.
I use both Natural Lube 1000 and Hoppes No9 Plus (BP solvent & patrch lube).
NL1000 forhunting, and at the range during normalto high humidity months.
I useHoppes No9 Plus at the range during dry low dry humidity months because it IS a liquid and lets me shoot the whole range session without wiping between shots...however, admittedly the wet patch is only on thye powder for less than a minute before the shot is taken...and it is outstanding stuff by the way.
Marketed as a patch lube, I'd be verysurprised if it affected powder although I understand yourreservations about putting anything wet on the powder...the over powder wad would be one way to eliminate your concerns, just be sure to rezero your rifle if you decide to use them.
Asto the question of bore butter freezing...I'm not clear on the circumstances:
1) If you mean a bore butter lubed patchfreezes inside the bore, personally I wouldn't worry about itbecause when that inferno is touched off inside I'm sure it liquifies instantly...people have used bore butter patches for decades all up through the northern cold climates.
2) If you mean when you go to reload, a newpatch is frozen and difficult to load, I would think you could just carry the reloads under your coat somewhere so your body temp keeps everything OK.