mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Posts: 93
mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
Has anyone tried this? Track of the wolf sells it and I guess it wouldnt freeze to the bore, I have had bore butter freeze and become almost impossible to load and really tough on the shoulder when Ive cleared the barrell at the end of the day. I dont think i would use it on a warm day because it would melt, but in the stuff i hunt in it might be what I need.
#2
RE: mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
I bought a can of Track of the Wolf's mink oil which I used as a patch lube. It works all right, but it works better as a boot grease. The best patch lube I found is moosemilk. Since there is witch hazel and alcohol in the mixture the moose milk does not seem to freeze. I've used it in our winters with no problem and the accuracy with it is exceptional. It is cheaper to make and use then mink oil also. All the stuff can be purchased at your local Wal Mart.
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Liquid Lube - Moose Milk[/b]
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8 ounces of isopropyl alcohol
3 ounces of Castor Oil
4 ounces of Witch Hazel
16 ounces of tap water
1 ounce of Murphy’s Oil Soap
(make sure you mix the ingredients in the exact order they are listed)
I buy a yard of material of 100% cotton blue strip pillow tick at the local wal mart. I wash that in the washing machine. I then line dry the material. After that you can tear the strip real easy off that bolt of material. I like to tear off an inch and a half. Then you soak that strip in moose milk. Ring the excess moose milk out. Then I lay that on an old window screen in the sun and let it dry. This is a dry patch . If you like a more wet patch, you can spritz them with a spritzer bottle.
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Liquid Lube - Moose Milk[/b]
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8 ounces of isopropyl alcohol
3 ounces of Castor Oil
4 ounces of Witch Hazel
16 ounces of tap water
1 ounce of Murphy’s Oil Soap
(make sure you mix the ingredients in the exact order they are listed)
I buy a yard of material of 100% cotton blue strip pillow tick at the local wal mart. I wash that in the washing machine. I then line dry the material. After that you can tear the strip real easy off that bolt of material. I like to tear off an inch and a half. Then you soak that strip in moose milk. Ring the excess moose milk out. Then I lay that on an old window screen in the sun and let it dry. This is a dry patch . If you like a more wet patch, you can spritz them with a spritzer bottle.
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
RE: mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
This is the best patch lube in the whole wide-world.It's $1.99 cost will cover thousands of patches. The best part about this stuff is that it the weakest of all hand cleaners -- It's silky-smooth with no grit/pumus -- even contains some lanolin - so it won't harm your bore & provides a dual role as a bore cleaner.
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan USA
Posts: 174
RE: mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
This is the best patch lube in the whole wide-world.It's $1.99 cost will cover thousands of patches. The best part about this stuff is that it the weakest of all hand cleaners -- It's silky-smooth with no grit/pumus -- even contains some lanolin - so it won't harm your bore & provides a dual role as a bore cleaner.
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
This is the best patch lube in the whole wide-world.It's $1.99 cost will cover thousands of patches. The best part about this stuff is that it the weakest of all hand cleaners -- It's silky-smooth with no grit/pumus -- even contains some lanolin - so it won't harm your bore & provides a dual role as a bore cleaner.
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
edit:
I did just wash some of Stump's Moose Milk off my hands with it!
#6
RE: mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
I will state, Stumpkiller's Moose Milk recipe that I posted above really has to be one of the best lubes I've every used. I used to make it a little different then Stumpkiller made. I used to make it with water soluable cutting oil I would by through NAPA Auto Parts. And that moose milk works just as good as Stumpkiller's does. But I ran out of the cutting oil one day and made a half gallon of the Castor oil mix and have been shooting that ever since.
Like many, I am always open to new ideas and products. The thinking with Triple Se7en's suggestion is maybe by using that stuff if it works, at the end of the day my fingers would not be so filthy from powder, lubes and what nots...
Like many, I am always open to new ideas and products. The thinking with Triple Se7en's suggestion is maybe by using that stuff if it works, at the end of the day my fingers would not be so filthy from powder, lubes and what nots...
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
RE: mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
ORIGINAL: BS
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
I have tried it..............my barrels don't like it............but yours may...........what works for me doesn't for you, one of the KOOL things about black powder arms!
I did just wash some of Stump's Moose Milk off my hands with it!
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
I have tried it..............my barrels don't like it............but yours may...........what works for me doesn't for you, one of the KOOL things about black powder arms!
I did just wash some of Stump's Moose Milk off my hands with it!
I like the Stumpy recipe above. I only question the bore-wall stickiness associated with it.... in comparison to the Permatex -- which has no stickiness.
Of several posters who I turned-on to Permatex, not (1) has come back with a reply such as yours. All range reports have been quite favorable.
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan USA
Posts: 174
RE: mink oil as a patch lube for round balls?
ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
What was your problem with it? Just saying it doesn't work is not a reply-answer.
I like the Stumpy recipe above. I only question the bore-wall stickiness associated with it.... in comparison to the Permatex -- which has no stickiness.
Of several posters who I turned-on to Permatex, not (1) has come back with a reply such as yours. All range reports have been quite favorable.
ORIGINAL: BS
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
I have tried it..............my barrels don't like it............but yours may...........what works for me doesn't for you, one of the KOOL things about black powder arms!
I did just wash some of Stump's Moose Milk off my hands with it!
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/35-176-hand-cleaners/permatex-hand-cleaner-306308.aspx
I have tried it..............my barrels don't like it............but yours may...........what works for me doesn't for you, one of the KOOL things about black powder arms!
I did just wash some of Stump's Moose Milk off my hands with it!
I like the Stumpy recipe above. I only question the bore-wall stickiness associated with it.... in comparison to the Permatex -- which has no stickiness.
Of several posters who I turned-on to Permatex, not (1) has come back with a reply such as yours. All range reports have been quite favorable.