MANY years ago I bought a package of pre-lubed patched, yellow in color and tastes like butter-flavored Crisco (Borebutter), but now I'm down to my last few. However, I have a ton of 'dry' patches in my bag. My question is, what would be the best method to lube these? I've thought of coating each individually with Crisco (not as consistant) or warming some crisco in a pan and dipping the patches (better consistantcy?).
What are your thoughts?
As for the use of Crisco, please refer to my post "what do i do wrong" and the last post I made. Today, I had the same results using my 'old' method; 1"-1 1/2"groups @ 70 & 100 yds with a patched ball and 80 gr of powder from a CVA Fontier-Hunter.

Try this LittleKid, and see how you like it.

Wet a stack of a dozen or two of you dry patches with olive oil and squeeze/massage it in with your fingers. Then wrap the stack in a couple of paper towels and squeeze/massage the bundle so the towels soak up as much excess oil as possible. The patches will be well saturated, but feel pretty dry. They will also be pleasant to handle (after you wipe all of the oil off of your fingers ).

I've found olive oil patches work as well as anything I've tried, and better than most.

And tatse good also lol.

I buy cotton pillow ticking by the yard...I believe its about $4 a yard...I then tear strips 1 1/2 inches wide...I then take a putty knife, smear my lube on both sides, roll up and microwave for about 20-30 seconds...Then they are ready to stick in the patch box or cut at the muzzle or loading block...

I don't trust prelubed patches, they rot on you and burn through destroying your groups...

Well heck Hawkeye, when you put that roll of pillow tick in your patchbox haven't you 'prelubed' it?

Littlekid, you just LOVE Crisco dont you???????? does your Grandmother OWN the Place??? The next time you shoot a Deer, get some fat off it and squeeze it out and lube your patches with it and you'll be just as happy with the results.......KID's!!!!!!!!!!!
(BP)

Semi...Let me clarify...When you buy prelubed patches in the store you don't know how old they are...They could be fresh, or not...A few years back my .54 started burning patches and of course groups opened up...I traced it back to the patches...

The oil in lube can break down the cotton fibers, weakening them and allowing them to burn through...By lubing your own, you know how old they are, preventing this...

Knew what you meant Hawkeye. Was just jerking your chain.

I agree. I usually prelube my patches a day or two before a range session and toss any that I don't use at the end of the session.

During the hunting season I carry a percussion cap tin with a dozen lubed patches for reloads (never needed more than one or two during the season) and throw them away at the end of the season.

BP, I might just try that; although it's animal fat and not plant fat, but oil is oil. As for the LOVING Crisco, since it has worked for 10+ years I really don't see the need to change.
Semisane, I will try your suggestion with Olive Oil (plant oil/fat).
And this KID is 37 yrs old and has been shooting firearms since he was 'knee high to a grasshopper", oh wait, he's still knee high to grasshopper. Must the gravitational field, but at least my "breech" has never been "plugged" .

I use moose milk. I can mist them and shoot them at the range or pre lube them and let them dry, and use them that way. I get the pillow tick from Wal Mart.. 100% cotton pillow tick blue or red stripe.