Couple of things...I used SnoSeal for about 25 years, works good, its mainly beeswax...This past summer I mixed up a home made lube, the recipe can be found on www.muzzleloadingforum.com ...If I remember correctly, it's 2 oz beeswax, 8 oz olive oil and 1 oz Murphy's Oil soap, melted together...

I tried it and it was very good at keeping patches from burning through...The beauty of making your own is you can modify the formula to make it softer or harder by adjusting how much olive oil you add...I simply use as posted, cut my ticking into 1 1/2 inch strips about 18 inches long, place on newspaper and take a putty knife and smear with lube...I then roll up and put in the microwave for about 20 seconds on a plate with paper towels under...When it comes out you can roll up and put in the patch box to use as a cut at the muzzle patch, or load up your loading block, or even cut square to size for later use...Here is the link.

http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fu...hp?tid/203261/

I also have gone away from store bought, pre-cut or lubed patches and just go to WalMart and buy a yard of cotton pillow ticking, it comes in red or blue striped...Others have had good luck with cotton drill cloth bought from Jo Annes fabric stores...

When shooting a prb and patches, its important that you pick up and check your patches for cuts and burn through...Unless the patch looks like you could use it again you need to keep experimenting with lube, patch thickness, ball diameter and charges...In some guns, when shooting heavy charges you might also try a heat shield between the powder and prb...Many things can be used: hornet's nesting, a lubed patch or a lubed felt wad can all be used to help keep the patch from burning through...

I am not happy with my walmart, they stopped selling fabric 4 months ago. and for some reason my area do not have any fabric store that I can find. [:@]

I was going to go on and buy a yard and do it that way.

oh what a learning curve this is. lol

That's the problem with WalMart...Ever notice how in the middle of a season, they are out of stock on your favorite lures/ammo/scents/whatever...

You aren't that far from Charlottesville...Does the one there carry fabric???
There are also places online you could order, let your fingers do the walking...

I think the one about 15 mins away still does. they have a couple other places there too. I figure something out. lol

charlottesville is 30-45mins away

Heck,I use old blue jeans for patchs--works ok for me...

Corey, try some Pyrodex RS with those Roundballs. I remember reading somewhere that T7 wasn't the optimum powder for patched balls.

am planning on doing that next time out.

I didn't see that on this post??? Your're trying to shoot 777 and a patch, as mentioned, forget it....That stuff is hotter than real bp...I only shoot Goex, the other stuff doesn't do well with a flinter...

that is funny that everyone brings that up. that was said on another thread. I only asked about patch lube. I think the next time I get to the range. it is going to be the patches I just lube in the last couple days. and pyrodex rs about 80 to 85 grs. lesson learned.[8D]

Lube made of beeswax and olive oil works great for patches as well as conical bullets. I use a 60:40 oil to beeswax mix for patches and 60:40 beeswax to oil mix for conicals. Just melt them together in a double boiler and store in tins, jars, or whatever you prefer. Soak patches with melted lube, squeeze out the excess oil and shoot away. I lube conicals by placing them in a shallow pan, pouring in melted lube to cover the bullet grooves, and then cut the bullets out of the lube with a tube that is just big enough for the bullet to fit into. I actually use old speed loader tubes.

HD