Hi, I have some good news to report on minimizing fouling with the Paterson revolver. In the past I have reported on fouling preventing easy barrel removal and fouling binding up the cylinder from rotating. Many different lubes and powders were tried with the same result, fouling so bad that barrel removal required a wedge be hammered in between the frame and barrel. No lubes tested worked well.
Today I shot five previously loaded Paterson cylinders with Black Mz BP sub. What was different today is that I used the cooking spray PAM to lube the arbor. The arbor was wiped between cylinders with a cloth and then sprayed with PAM. The PAM did the trick, the cylinders never dragged and the barrel slipped right off. There was zero binding fouling.
This raises a question, why does PAM work well and all the other lubes tried fail? What's different. PAM is a vegetable oil with a high smoking point. Most all the other lubes are petroleum based. I'll leave this question to some of our other scientists here, but bottom line, PAM is an answer to minimizing fouling in the Paterson revolver.
Regards,
Richard
