Lube Between Shots?
10-11-2007, 09:11 PM
#1
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
Lube Between Shots?
Hey guys. Just opened a new package of Harvester Crush Rib sabots and noticed the back of the label card contains the statement "TO CHECK RIFLE FOR ACCURACY, CLEAN AND LUBE BARREL BETWEEN SHOTS".
I checked the packages of Harvester's regular high pressure sabots and that statement is not on the card with them. I wonder if that recommendation applies only to crush ribs, or is just not ontheotherlabels becausethe design of the other labels was set up before they started making crush ribs, and they added it to the crush rib card.
I just about always wipe with a wet patch& a dry patch or two between shots, but have never lubed between shots. Now I'm wondering if I have another experiment to conduct.
Anyone out there tried lubing between shots??
I checked the packages of Harvester's regular high pressure sabots and that statement is not on the card with them. I wonder if that recommendation applies only to crush ribs, or is just not ontheotherlabels becausethe design of the other labels was set up before they started making crush ribs, and they added it to the crush rib card.
I just about always wipe with a wet patch& a dry patch or two between shots, but have never lubed between shots. Now I'm wondering if I have another experiment to conduct.
Anyone out there tried lubing between shots??
10-11-2007, 09:23 PM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: Lube Between Shots?
There are some that do lube the barrel with a light oil after they load the sabot and projectile. I personally do not, but might try checking it out to see what happens. In other words they swab and dry the barrel, load as normal, but then with a very light oil patch swab the barrel down to the sabot. I have read they claim it helps in accuracy.
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10-11-2007, 11:33 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Lake Saint Louis MO
Posts: 723
RE: Lube Between Shots?
I do lube using pre-treated patches from Traditions. They are yellow and smell like Ben-Gay. I canalways load easily and accurracy is great. Clean up after the day is a snap and the barrel is not affected since there is no buildup like you would get with pastes. The patches are not wet but feel slick, I usually got up and down and turn it over and repeat. Not sure why it works so good but it does. I tried not using it once to see what would happen and I could not even load the bullet. This seems to help my guns greatly. Of course all guns are different and it really is up to you, but you should be doing something to prevent fouling and mis or even hangfires.
10-12-2007, 05:17 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
RE: Lube Between Shots?
Several years ago I was working up a load for my Knight inline...I was cleaning with rubbing alcohol between shots and my groups were getting worse...
I switched to cleaning and then lightly oiling followed by a dry patch and my groups came together....
I would not lube with a lube in an inline, oil only...
I switched to cleaning and then lightly oiling followed by a dry patch and my groups came together....
I would not lube with a lube in an inline, oil only...
10-12-2007, 05:32 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Lube Between Shots?
ORIGINAL: Semisane
Hey guys. Just opened a new package of Harvester Crush Rib sabots and noticed the back of the label card contains the statement "TO CHECK RIFLE FOR ACCURACY, CLEAN AND LUBE BARREL BETWEEN SHOTS".
I checked the packages of Harvester's regular high pressure sabots and that statement is not on the card with them. I wonder if that recommendation applies only to crush ribs, or is just not ontheotherlabels becausethe design of the other labels was set up before they started making crush ribs, and they added it to the crush rib card.
I just about always wipe with a wet patch& a dry patch or two between shots, but have never lubed between shots. Now I'm wondering if I have another experiment to conduct.
Anyone out there tried lubing between shots??
Hey guys. Just opened a new package of Harvester Crush Rib sabots and noticed the back of the label card contains the statement "TO CHECK RIFLE FOR ACCURACY, CLEAN AND LUBE BARREL BETWEEN SHOTS".
I checked the packages of Harvester's regular high pressure sabots and that statement is not on the card with them. I wonder if that recommendation applies only to crush ribs, or is just not ontheotherlabels becausethe design of the other labels was set up before they started making crush ribs, and they added it to the crush rib card.
I just about always wipe with a wet patch& a dry patch or two between shots, but have never lubed between shots. Now I'm wondering if I have another experiment to conduct.
Anyone out there tried lubing between shots??
10-12-2007, 11:37 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: southwest Ohio
Posts: 1,047
RE: Lube Between Shots?
I have a friend that lubes his sabots with bore butter and gets good accuracy with his Knight.
He shoots, runs a "spit-patch" down & back followed by a dry patch, then drops the powder and rams a sabot coated with bore butter. Groups are about the same as with un-lubed sabots, but loading is a lot easier.
Come to think of it, I use lubed conicals, and lubed patches on round ball loads, what would be the difference?
He shoots, runs a "spit-patch" down & back followed by a dry patch, then drops the powder and rams a sabot coated with bore butter. Groups are about the same as with un-lubed sabots, but loading is a lot easier.
Come to think of it, I use lubed conicals, and lubed patches on round ball loads, what would be the difference?
10-12-2007, 09:43 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 3,092
RE: Lube Between Shots?
I shot some loads today in my White .451 Mini Umag (Imade that name up 
)that will SHOCK SL.
Yep, they involved recycled milk jugs. White PowerStar .40/.45 350 grain hp sp bt. And, to make the trauma even worse, some BM3 powder. Swabbed with alcohol patches after every shot.
Actually licked each sabot around the base circumferencebefore loading.
Results were not too bad, 100 yards, 5 in 1.7". No brag in that group but a decent one nonetheless. You have to shoot sabots ever so rarely just to know why conicals are SO MUCH BETTER. 
)that will SHOCK SL. Yep, they involved recycled milk jugs. White PowerStar .40/.45 350 grain hp sp bt. And, to make the trauma even worse, some BM3 powder. Swabbed with alcohol patches after every shot.Actually licked each sabot around the base circumferencebefore loading.
Results were not too bad, 100 yards, 5 in 1.7". No brag in that group but a decent one nonetheless. You have to shoot sabots ever so rarely just to know why conicals are SO MUCH BETTER.
