I was shooting a new lube today. I call it the baby's bottom lube. Mostly because of the way it looks..



Its made with liquid Alox, Castor oil, and bees wax. Thank goodness it does not smell like a Baby's bottom. Even out in the sun it held its consistency of smooth peanut butter. It was easy to apply. And I tried it comparing it to my moose milk.



I picked up a new (used) Renegade and it arrived today. It has the double triggers and is .50 caliber. A change for me. The seller said he did not shoot the rifle much, and I believe it. The rifle is in excellent shape. Although he did mention he could not get it to shoot roundball.

I ran an alcohol patch down the bore to check and make sure it was not loaded and to see how dirty it was. Well the patch came out gray lets call it. So I sent some dry ones down and popped a couple caps to clear the throat and headed out doors.

I was not sure what to shoot out of it. The target was out at 50 yards and that was fine with me. I had no idea where this was going to shoot, so I loaded the moose milk combination first. 90 grains of Pyrodex RS a moosemilk patch and a roundball.

The group low and left was the moose milk. The first shot was real low, so I went to a full sight picture and shot the next ones. The last one kind of slipped away from me, but for the first time out, not bad with moose milk.

I then took some Simple Green cleaner and cleaned the barrel. Now this should take four patches at most. The patches were coming out just filthy for some reason. And I mean filthy. This was not from four shots with Pyrodex RS.

So I dried the bore good, and checked the sights. Well he had them low and left, so I moved them center and up. This time I used the baby's bottom lube. I discovered quickly that if you did not swab, the balls went every where. Shot one was good, but shot two strayed. I swabbed for three and four.

I then picked out a different part of the target and did not swab. WOW!! all over the place. And when I did swab, the patches were filthy.

So I took the barrel in the house and started to clean it. And clean it. And clean it. I ran solvent, brake cleaner, Montana X-treme Cowboy Solvent, CLP, and no matter what, the patches came out filthy. Yet when you checked it with a bore light the bore was clean.

But when I checked with a bore light, I noticed there were scratches down the bore against the rifling. Like a brush on a power drill was used to scrub the bore or something.

I might have to give this barrel a gentle lapp job and see if it pulls them scratches and makes it a clean barrel, But still for what I paid for this, the stock, lock and trigger are perfect.

I wonder what all that filth in the barrel is. Maybe I will JB Bore Paste it tomorrow.

cayugad

Another one??? us mear earthlings do not have a chance to catch up....

I like the looks of that lube.... I was thinking about ordering a brick of that special lube that Dan uses. I had a brick and sold it wish I had it now....

I wonder if that would work as a patch lube?

Did you make that concoction? That almost looks like JB's...

In fact I think I will call Dan right now.....

Yes I made that lube today.

3 ounces of Castor oil
1 ounce of melted bees wax give or take
100 grains of liquid Alox

I melted the bees wax in a double boiler. I have bottle and bottle of liquid Alox around the house, so I measured out 100 grains in to a small plastic pill cup. And then mixed all the liquids together. When the wax set, it made the consistency of slippery peanut butter. I was using it as a patch lube and it seemed to work pretty good. The patches I found were discolored but in perfect condition.

If it is too soft, just add bees wax. Too hard, add a little more Castor Oil.

Dave how about trying a thicker patch, 90gr's of Pyro does'nt seem like too much so Im not gonna suggest lowering the Powder. How did the ball load in it?

Dave, I would make a lead lapp and use diamond grade lapping compound to get out the scratches. Lee

I will try a gentle lapp first and see if that pulls them. Maybe they are not too deep.

I suspect your diagnosis is right on target Cayugad. That would be a sure way to make a barrel hang on to microscopic fouling. At a gun show years ago I overheard one of the dealers recommending the electric drill method to someone, and wondered how many people he suggested that to over the years - and how many actually did it.