barrel seasoning

[Ohio Joe]

Many years back I went to strictly a spit patch except for hunting which I use the TC Bore Butter. Now I never bought into seasoning a barrel as I always clean my firearms when I'm finished shooting for the day, regardless of what lube I use.

I will say (and this was never meant to be an experiment), but I do feel I get better accuracy using the Bore Butter rather then my spit (perhaps I have bad spit), so I'll be going back to the Bore Butter. And,,, if it ever did season anything - I believe it seasoned my bullet blocks I use to keep my patched balls handy for loading...   I still plan on trying some of Fletcher's Old Thunder lube, I hear that is good stuff! 

[Uncle Russ]

Joe, I have a bottle of BirdDog6 Lube, Remember him from the very days?....(Lyle something, was his name, and he was a great builder.)

Anyway, it's a full bottle, never opened, never used, while I have read raves upon raves about this lube going back for years and years.

I was all set to order some Ol'Thunder Lube from Fletcher last year when I came across a box of "stuff" that hadn't even been opened since my move from the other side of the mountain ELEVEN years ago...

That box had a bunch of lubes in it, some I had made up over many years past, some GREEN Pine smelling Bore Butter, which was hard as a rock, several tubes, at least 6 or 8, of regular BB, and a full bottle of BirdDog6 lube....probably 16 ounces.

Then, of all things, Rob DiStefano discovers that LeHigh Valley Lube has been recently re-introduced, and he sent me a very generous bottle of the new stuff.!!!!

Then, I get a new 8oz can of Mink Oil from TOTW.....What was I thinking?

The worst winter in over 60 years, and I'm thinking Mink Oil might be the ticket if I was ever able to get out over another winter like that.
Of all the things I might need to continue with this Hobby, I assure you Lube is not one of those things.

Now, if someone would just come up with a lube, with all the missed shots already taken out, I would be up to giving that a try, in a heart beat.

I'm pushing 80 years of age, been shooting Muzzleloaders for a good 65 years plus, and I have learned over these many years, that the best lube, best load, best shot,  is all in the Indian, not the Arrow......

Uncle Russ...

[Ohio Joe]

Russ, I remember BirdDog6. Whatever happened to him?

All this lube talk got me to thinking about my X-Stick rifle lube I use to modify using the TC Bore Butter and adding more Bees Wax to it. I know that deep in the bowls of my basement I have a box somewhere with this stuff in, and the directions I used to mix the two. When it was all said and done it made a great patch lube for my X-Stick Rifles, but that was back in the days of swabbing between every shot and being an extremely meticulous loader.

I now kind'a fudge with swabbing about every 3 to 5 shots (depending), and not being meticulous about leveling off my powder charge. Yes, I became quite lazy about shooting targets to the point of I suspect that is why I started Spit Patching, I just didn't want to mess with the lubes anymore. I guess now I do.

It's all still good ol' black powder fun!