what is bore butters exact purpose i always used it once my gun was clean from powder i would run 1 patch with bore butter through to coat the inside from rusting and now i hear guys talking about using regular gun oil in there barrels once cleaned what would be a recommended oil for in side the barrel thanks

Bore Butter, 1000 Natural Lube, what ever you want to call it.. is still used by many people to "protect" their rifle bores. The idea behind it is to season the bore so the projectiles slide and load easier, and fowling does not stick in the bore. So you basically wax your bore with the stuff. The idea to protect is, the rifle is clean, and DRY and then you seal the metal with the wax again. The problem is, any mistake and you will have a rusted bore. I used the stuff for years, and all I ever got was brown crud patches, and bad accuracy. Why? I was using the stuff wrong most likely.

Bore butter and sabots normally do not mix although some people use it and it works for them. The idea of the sabot is to sit in the barrel with sufficient tightness to give a good seal. My Black Diamond XR manual even tells me not to use bore butter and sabots I believe I read.

Bore butter is a good conical and patch lube. Other then that I have little use for the stuff. Would you smear the bore butter down the barrel your center fire rifles? Probably not. So why use it in your muzzle loader. All you need do is clean your muzzle loader and make sure the barrel bore is dry. Then use a quality gun oil to protect it. Some people have found other barrel treatments even.

RemOil works...you might use Birchwood Casey Sheath for long term storage. I still use Bore Butter on my bores for storage sometimes.

switchback hunter

I am one of those relics that used bore butter for years in my sidehammers and inlines... I really never had any problems with the stuff at all. it really worked well for me and it DID reduce fouling.

I think the original intent of bore-butter was to be used with real black powder as BP residue and combined with oil will produce tar... so the use of all-natural lubricants became the preferred method of lubrication.

I also belive that is one of the reasons that I do not suffer the "crud ring" problem that others do using other lubricants in their bores. I also used and still do use in my trap gun chokes to reduce the plastic fouling occuring their.

The really important thing is how you apply it -

With all of that said - I do not use BB any longer I have found a very good alternative, a synthetic oil product which I have been using for a couple of years now, Slip 2000 and it gives me all the benefits of BB + the protection of a quality gun oil.

Look at the pictures that Frontier Gander has posted showing the condition of the New Englander barrel he just purchased. If you do not take care of a ML barrel it does not take long to start down the rust road.