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General Black Powder => Wads, Lubes, Patches, Cleaning Supplies, etc => Topic started by: bigted on September 24, 2021, 08:54:41 AM
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Well here we go again. Been awhile since I participated in this conversation. Wondering how many responses Ill get on this subject.
Some folks shoot our beloved cappers with grease lube OVER the ball.
Some folks like puttin a lubed wad UNDER the ball.
A few and as far as I know ... a very few ... use NO LUBE at all.
Myself ... I have ALWAYS had great luck using a stiff bee wax lube OVER the ball. This has given me the best accuracy and ability to shoot 50+ rounds with doing nothing but wiping off the cylinder face between loadings with a damp cloth.
I have tried to use those lil lube soaked wads but seem to fumble and swear some trying to get em flat and then wind up with greasy fangers that require wiping time to time. Way more messy for me than using my knife to apply a spot of grease OVER the ball. Don't take much and with pushing that little bit of lube down the bore lubes the barrel ahead of the ball and ensures that I get no leading. Also helps with the small amount of residual fouling that gets on the outside making it easy to wipe down on occasion.
Thing I do not understand is the NO LUBE folks. I have tried this method and rite away I get hard fouling along with leading in the bore. Id like to understand this style of shooting these revolvers but alas it escapes me. *Z$
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I soak my wads in olive oil and dry them out. No greasy mess.
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I soak my wads in olive oil and dry them out. No greasy mess.
THAT!!! Is what I am going to try. YAY Hawg!! Thank you.
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I've pretty much gone exclusively to Wonder (type) wads. They don't seem excessively greasy to me.