I used it for many years in my side locks and still do. It is not the right thing for inlines, so far Sheath and synthetic oil have given me the best results. Lee

No one is trying to talk anyone out of using something that works for them/you. If it works for you, then by all means use it. It just did not work for me. So I looked for a new alternative and like it better.

I use bore butter in the bores of my muzzle loaders and have since they came out with the stuff so far back I can't remember. I also use it in the bores of my center fore rifles and shot guns.
It works just fine as a breach plug lube too.

Mostly I find how it was applied more than any thing the bore butter was a fault of.
If'n it works for you then keep useing it. If'n it don't then stay away from the stuff.

Al

It is at best a rust inhibitor, not a rust preventative.
And if anymoisture at all is present when you apply it, it will be trapped in the BB.

Steve

Bore butter is basically just a wax coating. If you have a perfectly clean bore, a coat of wax evenly applied would be a protector from the elements but nothing more. If the bore is not perfectly clean and you coat it with wax, you have trapped any impurities/residue/moisture beneath that layer of wax and have provided a nice hiding place for corrosion to occur.

Clean and shiny with a light coating of good preservative... works for me.

Bore butter works ok as a conical lube.

Here is an interesting read on the subject: http://www.chuckhawks.com/lies_muzzleloading.htm

Like him or not, what he says about BB makes sense to me.

If oil and heat make tar, like T/C suggests in their propaganda on BB, then our centerfire rifles must really be tarred up by now.

txhunter58

When I first started this ML thing I was to told by the old guys shooting traditional guns.... --> Oil - heat - pressure and real black powder does make a black tar like substance in the bore.

I think I can say I happened it to me once - when I first started shooting @ a Rhondy event - I bought some GOEX and by the 4th target on the walking trail my bore was so gummed I could get anything down. My group was very helpful getting meshooting again - but I could see the smiles on their faces...

Am I suppos-to believe another article by Randy.....if it were someone else I might. Is he involved in MX? I'd believe the forum members befor him anyday!

Short answer, I agree with Randy on this one...

I bought my first flintlock in 1977...We didn't have Bore Butter back then...The first time I heard about this "seasoning" stuff was in their ads...Previous to this, I had used several different lubes and had settled on SnoSeal...I used to compete with a custom maker that has had his flintlocks win at Friendship...He used axle grease as a patch lube...

I tried Bore Butter as a patch lube and found that the patches burned out with higher charges in my .54...

You've had a cheap lesson in Marketing 101...

Light coat of break/free-clp here. Swabbed out before range trip.