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Offline leserz

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lithium grease for patch lube ?
« on: August 15, 2008, 03:06:24 PM »
 i was told that lithium grease is a good lube for patched round ball. what your opinion  ?
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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2008, 04:18:38 PM »
I've never tried it, but I imagine that it would work ok with a little load workup.
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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 01:51:04 AM »
I tried it and didn't like it. Shot well, but made cleanup a lot tougher. I had problems with getting the lithium grease, with the remains of the nasty stuff leftover from combustion, out of the rifling.
I stick with crisco.

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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2008, 02:13:00 AM »
Olive oil is cheaper and better.
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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2008, 01:47:16 PM »
Petrolium based lubes are problematic in blackpowder guns , stick to organic based lubes. Fouling issues with the petro lubes are main problem.
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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2008, 06:22:12 PM »
You know guys... Its really hard to beat good ol cheap CRISCO.

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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2008, 01:11:30 AM »
Many different lubes have been used through the years...I used to shoot with a guy that used axle grease, nasty stuff, but he won enough at Friendship that I sure wasn't going to tell him different... :)
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Re: lithium grease for patch lube ?
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2008, 06:20:39 PM »
lithium grease. ya know, that could very well be the improvment we've all have been waiting for, for 100 years of patched round ball shooting.
 might even beat hydrolized pariffin wax with fragrance and vegatable oil, keep tryin ;D
 
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