Help please
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2021
Posts: 5
Help please
I was giving some concord bullet and was told just fill in the grooves other bullet with wax and I don't need a patch between power and bullet is that right the bullets are
Hornady Great Plains Bullets but the lube dried out on them so can I lube them with wax?
Last edited by 1fool; 03-09-2021 at 04:04 AM.
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 499
Do NOT Use Wax ! Wax will make a mess of your barrel . Buy a tube of Thompson Center Natural Lube 1000 . You can use it to lube your bullets and season your barrel.
It is non petroleum based so it doesn't react to the black powder or Pyrodex . The wax will burn and crust up your barrel.. When you are done cleaning your muzzleloader run a patch with TC 1000 on it to put a thin protective coat in the barrel to prevent any rust . This is the material you use to recoat bullets. Not wax !
Im sure you can find this at your local gun store or Walmart .
https://www.opticsplanet.com/thompso...-tube-5oz.html
It is non petroleum based so it doesn't react to the black powder or Pyrodex . The wax will burn and crust up your barrel.. When you are done cleaning your muzzleloader run a patch with TC 1000 on it to put a thin protective coat in the barrel to prevent any rust . This is the material you use to recoat bullets. Not wax !
Im sure you can find this at your local gun store or Walmart .
https://www.opticsplanet.com/thompso...-tube-5oz.html
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 499
Do I just apply the lube with my fingers? And how much lube? Can I Melt the bore butter and pour it in a pan with my bullets and let to cool??
To answer your question above that you sent me a Private Message : You use your finger . Clean off all the old dried up lube off your bullets then apply the new layer of Natural Lube 1000 around the bullet. and make sure all the grooves are filled . Thats all you need to do. There is no need to cake it on. There is no need for a patch around the bullet. The grooves lock into the rifling of the barrel . Thats the way that bullet is meant to work.
The 3 inch patch is what to use for cleaning the barrel. Has nothing to do with the bullet.
To answer your question above that you sent me a Private Message : You use your finger . Clean off all the old dried up lube off your bullets then apply the new layer of Natural Lube 1000 around the bullet. and make sure all the grooves are filled . Thats all you need to do. There is no need to cake it on. There is no need for a patch around the bullet. The grooves lock into the rifling of the barrel . Thats the way that bullet is meant to work.
The 3 inch patch is what to use for cleaning the barrel. Has nothing to do with the bullet.