peroxide in my lube mix? Perhaps you meant the Witch Hazel...

#1
4 ounces NAPA Auto Parts #765-1526 Soluble Cutting & Grinding Oil
1 ounce Murphy's Oil Soap
7 ounces 91% Isopropyl alcohol
16 ounces tap water

#2
Castor Oil 4 oz.
Murphy's Oil Soap 1 oz.
Witch Hazel 4 oz.
Isopropyl Alcohol (91%) 8 oz.
Water (non-chlorinated) 16 oz.


Be sure when making the Moose milk to mix the alcohol and Castor oil together first. Then add the witch hazel. Add all of this to the water and shake. Finally after that mixture is all together add the Murphy’s oil soap.

Lube #2 is from a person named Stumpkiller. He used the Castor oil because it is allnatural. So when I ran out of my NAPA lube, I made up a batch of his. His recipe called for the Witch Hazel. So I just added what he said. What does it do... no idea really to be honest with you.

Also that NAPA cutting oil is light blue in color as I remember. I have almost shot off my last quart of #2 lube and so I might make up some #1 next time. It worked really good.

Also for hunting, if you're worried about the liquid part of the lube on the patch, soak that strip of patch material, ring it out, then dry it on a window screen. That oil will stay in the cloth and you can shoot it just like that. You might have heard of the old timers talking about shoot a dry patch.. that is what they mean sometimes. Its still slippery, but actually dry.

Since I have had others ask me how I load a roundball with out a pre cut patch, this might explain my method to everyone who really wants to know.



Here is an easy way to apply the liquid moose milk. Put a generous amount on the moosemilk on thestrip of cloth, like in the picture. I have an old OFF Bug juice pump spray bottle that I spritz the cloth with. Then fold that patch material over and kind of roll it up on itself. It will spread that liquid around and it will push that lube into the strip of cloth.



After you unroll the cloth you will note that the material is not really as wet as you might think. But then I just lay that over the muzzle and put a ball on it.



With my short starter small nose, I then drive that under the muzzle.



Then I pinch the cloth in my fingers, while the ball in the barrel holds it nice and tight. Then with a scissors or pocket knife I cut that strip away from the muzzle. I normally cut half way between the actual rifle muzzle and my fingers. Then with the long nose of the short starter I drive that perfect centered patched balldown the barrel. And of course finish it off with the ramrod. It slides down real easy actually.

With the patch material wet/damp like it is, it swabs the bore for me, slides easy, and since I am going to shoot it off right away, there is little harm in it contaminating the powder charge. I actually like the damp patch on the target range. And because of the alcohol it will not freeze up in our Wisconsin winters on the range. I have shot as many as 20 rounds shooting black powder, without having to swab.