Cleaning grease question - The Firearms Forum

45nut · 09-25-2012, 09:24 PM

I have a Lyman's Great Plains Rifle .50 Hawken copy. I hadn't shot it in a while. Decided to take it and smoke up the county. I snapped some caps with the tissue trick to make sure I was getting fire through the hole and went to shoot.

Loaded her up and had this vagrant thought of maybe doing a powder/patch first just to make sure everything was okay. I didn't and I got my first ball pull job since I started shooting BP way back in 73 or 74. I didn't even have one so I had to go to BPS and buy one. Put the barrell in a bucket of water and pulled the ball the next day.

Cleaned the barrel today how I was trained, boiling hot soapy water and let it air dry. Now the question, do you use some kind of grease after cleaning? And what?

jack404 · 09-25-2012, 09:32 PM

SBGO here , ed's red before i became a SBGO convert

for each pint of mix of ed's red i'd add 150 grams of lanolin ( wool grease)

no need with the SBGO its got lithium and moly far better ..

mogunner · 09-25-2012, 11:38 PM

I run a patch with a fair coating of bore butter on it then a dry patch. No problems.

aa1911 · 09-26-2012, 01:50 AM

I've used T/C's bore butter for two decades now, works like a charm. Not as important as what you use (within reason of course), but rather that you just take regular care each time you shoot.

I still have a lard can almost full of bear grease from a buddy's bear years ago, used that for patch lube for a while also. Just rendered down bear fat, lots of uses in the black powder arena.

SBGO is a favorite around here though too, can't go wrong with that.

Hawg · 09-26-2012, 05:16 AM

I use Bore Butter but I always fire a blank charge to burn it all out before I load it. Don't do that with petroleum based lubes. If you use anything petro based make sure its all cleaned out before you load it.

Gunslinger9378 · 11-05-2012, 06:02 PM

Dear 45nut,
Really depends on the climate you live in. In an Arizona summer, bore butter will melt and run all over the place. I have it on good authority that if you mix BB with some beeswax, it will stiffen up quite a bit. You'd have to experiment on the ratio's of BB to Beeswax though!
Johnnie Roper,Alias:Gunslinger9378.

Hawg · 11-05-2012, 06:57 PM

Bore Butter will run in anybody's summer heat but he was asking about protection after cleaning.

Shooter45 · 11-06-2012, 05:39 AM

I use nothing but SBGO.

armedandsafe · 11-06-2012, 03:36 PM

Ballistol is what I use for the entire rifle/pistol. I have no connection with them but as a satisfied user.

http://www.ballistol.com/1_Ballistol...r%20PROOF3.pdf
http://www.ballistol.com/

Pops

09-25-2012, 09:24 PM	#1
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,433	Cleaning grease question I have a Lyman's Great Plains Rifle .50 Hawken copy. I hadn't shot it in a while. Decided to take it and smoke up the county. I snapped some caps with the tissue trick to make sure I was getting fire through the hole and went to shoot. Loaded her up and had this vagrant thought of maybe doing a powder/patch first just to make sure everything was okay. I didn't and I got my first ball pull job since I started shooting BP way back in 73 or 74. I didn't even have one so I had to go to BPS and buy one. Put the barrell in a bucket of water and pulled the ball the next day. Cleaned the barrel today how I was trained, boiling hot soapy water and let it air dry. Now the question, do you use some kind of grease after cleaning? And what? __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO* -->

09-25-2012, 09:32 PM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Cleaning grease question SBGO here , ed's red before i became a SBGO convert for each pint of mix of ed's red i'd add 150 grams of lanolin ( wool grease) no need with the SBGO its got lithium and moly far better .. Last edited by jack404; 09-25-2012 at 09:33 PM..

09-25-2012, 11:38 PM	#3
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,049	Re: Cleaning grease question I run a patch with a fair coating of bore butter on it then a dry patch. No problems.

09-26-2012, 01:50 AM	#4
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,120	Re: Cleaning grease question I've used T/C's bore butter for two decades now, works like a charm. Not as important as what you use (within reason of course), but rather that you just take regular care each time you shoot. I still have a lard can almost full of bear grease from a buddy's bear years ago, used that for patch lube for a while also. Just rendered down bear fat, lots of uses in the black powder arena. SBGO is a favorite around here though too, can't go wrong with that. __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

09-26-2012, 05:16 AM	#5
Hawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,584	Re: Cleaning grease question I use Bore Butter but I always fire a blank charge to burn it all out before I load it. Don't do that with petroleum based lubes. If you use anything petro based make sure its all cleaned out before you load it.

11-05-2012, 06:02 PM	#6
Gunslinger9378 Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 3	Re: Cleaning grease question Dear 45nut, Really depends on the climate you live in. In an Arizona summer, bore butter will melt and run all over the place. I have it on good authority that if you mix BB with some beeswax, it will stiffen up quite a bit. You'd have to experiment on the ratio's of BB to Beeswax though! Johnnie Roper,Alias:Gunslinger9378.

11-05-2012, 06:57 PM	#7
Hawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,584	Re: Cleaning grease question Bore Butter will run in anybody's summer heat but he was asking about protection after cleaning.

11-06-2012, 05:39 AM	#8
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,790	Re: Cleaning grease question I use nothing but SBGO.

11-06-2012, 03:36 PM	#9
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Cleaning grease question Ballistol is what I use for the entire rifle/pistol. I have no connection with them but as a satisfied user. http://www.ballistol.com/1_Ballistol...r%20PROOF3.pdf http://www.ballistol.com/ Pops Last edited by armedandsafe; 11-06-2012 at 03:37 PM..