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Old 10-21-2009 | 05:27 PM
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I'd like to know what any of you think is best.
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Old 10-22-2009 | 02:49 AM
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Jig a Loo Wal Mart hardware dept.
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Old 10-22-2009 | 02:56 AM
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+1 for Jigaloo as rail lube.

Minimal wax on serving and burnish it in real well, wipe off excess!
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Old 10-22-2009 | 04:07 AM
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I have jig-a-loo and scorpion venom both work great but for price point the jig a loo cant be beat. Buckeyefootball
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Old 10-22-2009 | 05:26 AM
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Plain old Crisco shortning on the rail. Scent free, can find it at any grocery store and for like $3 you get a tub of it, slick as snot. I use Bohning string wax on my string, and with this combo I have over 1,000 shots on my string and the serving looks like new. I keep it in a little No.11 BP cap tin in my hunting pack.

I also use this Crisco in my blackpowder pistol to cap off each ball in the cylinder.
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Old 10-22-2009 | 06:29 AM
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Krypt -

1,000 shots isn't saying much until you name the bow.
There are many bows out there that the string to track/rail contact is VERY light.
To name a couple, Darton and some of the Hortons and the Bowtech Desert Stryker is also fairly light.

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Old 10-22-2009 | 08:16 AM
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PSE Viper is the bow I got
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Old 10-22-2009 | 08:37 AM
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I use the excalibur wax that came with my bow and I clean any residue with 91% Alchohol
I dont use any lube on the rail.
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Old 10-23-2009 | 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Krypt Keeper
Plain old Crisco shortning on the rail. Scent free, can find it at any grocery store and for like $3 you get a tub of it, slick as snot. I use Bohning string wax on my string, and with this combo I have over 1,000 shots on my string and the serving looks like new. I keep it in a little No.11 BP cap tin in my hunting pack.

I also use this Crisco in my blackpowder pistol to cap off each ball in the cylinder.
Anything sticky like Crisco attracts dirt, which contains has silica, which tends to prematurely wear serving, string and deck.
Jig a loo works great on deck. Beeswax based was (same as I use to make em) on strings.
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Old 11-01-2009 | 01:44 PM
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Anyone use the jig-a-loo with teflon?
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