Re: MtMan-List: BP Revolver lube

[hawknest4@juno.com (Michael Pierce)]

use corn meal or gritts over the powder charge before you load the ball
and you wont have to worry about the chain fireing.  can still use the
lube if you want byt not required as much.  i normally coat my revolver
pistol bullets with vegitable oil and keep in a sealed container and use
no lubricant over the bullet.  only the gritts or cornmeal over the
powder charge-I use enough of the meal or gritts to get the ball to the
front of the chamber of the cylinder and it seems quite accurate---shot
several possibles at 25 yds with this combination-still have to clean the
gun after several cylinders have been fired-normally 5 or 6. I use this
on a steel frame remington--has a .005 cylinder clearance.
 
      "Hawk"
Michael Pierce
854 Glenfield Dr.
Palm Harbor, florida   34684
1-(813) 771-1815

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 11:08:47 -0600 (CST) mxhbc@TTACS.TTU.EDU (Henry B.
Crawford) writes:
>John, and the list,
>
>What about a black powder revolver lube for those of us who also do 
>periods
>outside the Rondy era?  What is a period-correct (1840s-70s) lube that
>would work.  You know those chambers get warm in the summer and I've 
>had a
>heck of a time keeping them sealed on hot days.  When the revolver is 
>in
>it's holster on my belt, the chambers are pointing down and if the 
>grease
>is melted and flowing, out it comes.  I've had a few chain-firings 
>that
>way.  I'd like to use some substance that would seal the chambers and 
>not
>leak out.  It should also lube the bore when fired.  For now I use 
>oiled
>wonder wads, but they're expensive.  Who's got another idea?  Is 
>beeswax a
>good choice?  Does it lube the bore?
>
>Thanks,
>HBC
>
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