KHornet
Well-Known Member
I am really not much for mixing my own lubes, but there are some dandy formulas out there. If I were to get the urge to make some, it would probably have to be Ben's formula. A couple of years back, Brad was working on a good, all weather (emphasis on what would work in cold weather as well as hot) lube. I like While Label lubes with emphasis on their 2500. That said, for me, accuracy with White Lable with anything with canuba waxed lubes starts going south at temps much below 40 degrees. Brad came up with a green lube, fairly soft, that shoots well and accurate in cold down to at least 10 degrees which is the coldest I have shot it, but think it is capable of much lower than that. Have shot it in 308's at vols of up to 2250, and have nice shiny bores. Have a quantity of the green stuff, and will use it for cold weather rifle shooting and hunting. Probably have about a 3-4 years supply of it. That said, have about 30 sticks of White Lable, and maybe half dozen of some other lubes that need to be used up as well.
Being an old timer, and for years with very little money, my lube was beeswax, Vasaline, and Crisco. About equal amounts of beeswax and Crisco, and Vasoline about half the weight of the other two. Had an old perc coffee pot that held the mix of probably about 2-3 lbs, to which I added a couple of teaspoons of the finest graphite powder I could find. It warmed just enough to pour if I left it sitting on a radiator over night, and sturred it to keep the graphite suspended enough and I could pour it on wax paper and then cut it into strips to put in the sizer. It was a bit messy, and shot a bit smoky, but it shot pretty well for quite a few years. Shot better than the old black Lyman lube that somebody gave me a couple of sticks of back then by the way.
Being an old timer, and for years with very little money, my lube was beeswax, Vasaline, and Crisco. About equal amounts of beeswax and Crisco, and Vasoline about half the weight of the other two. Had an old perc coffee pot that held the mix of probably about 2-3 lbs, to which I added a couple of teaspoons of the finest graphite powder I could find. It warmed just enough to pour if I left it sitting on a radiator over night, and sturred it to keep the graphite suspended enough and I could pour it on wax paper and then cut it into strips to put in the sizer. It was a bit messy, and shot a bit smoky, but it shot pretty well for quite a few years. Shot better than the old black Lyman lube that somebody gave me a couple of sticks of back then by the way.