Bear Grease
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
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Bear Grease
I was planning on using bear grease for a bullet lube. The only problem was that it goes to a liquid as soon as I touch it. Kind of hard to get any on the bullet.
So I stuck it in the freezer for a bit but that didn't work too well either. I managed to lube some up with some Wonder Lube that way but the bear grease just melts away quickly.
Any ideas to thicken it up... or at least raise its viscosity so that it will stick to a bullet?
Thanks
HA
So I stuck it in the freezer for a bit but that didn't work too well either. I managed to lube some up with some Wonder Lube that way but the bear grease just melts away quickly.
Any ideas to thicken it up... or at least raise its viscosity so that it will stick to a bullet?
Thanks
HA
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
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Well, I stopped at the health food store on my way home from work this evening. They were the only one around who had any beeswax. (got to do some internet shopping for some cheaper wax) .
So I picked up a 1/3 pound block added about the same of rendered bear fat and Voila! my very first bullet / patch lube.
Thanks for your help fella's!!!
HA
So I picked up a 1/3 pound block added about the same of rendered bear fat and Voila! my very first bullet / patch lube.
Thanks for your help fella's!!!
HA
#8
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
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I still have about 3 lbs of fat (rendered once) that still solid in the freezer. Would I just warm it up til it's liquid and dip patches in it or do I need to get it down to an oil only?
Here it is in the tins,
HA
Here it is in the tins,
HA
Last edited by HuntAway; 01-26-2012 at 05:48 PM.
#9
When I used to shoot rendered bear fat you'd dip it on a finger and it would start to turn to liquid from just your body heat. I would rub that pure fat into the patch and then load it. It shot real well too. And they never had a burned patch with that stuff.