Olive Oil For A Patch Lube

[Semisane]

I mentioned that I've been using olive oil for a patch lube in my flintlock with good results. 
 
One of the guys wanted to know if I was using "extra virgin".   As you can see from the label, I'm not.   

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[burntmuch]

Semisane doesnt that make for a "loose" fit 

[kitchawan kid]

Kind of like "virgin wool" who care's about the morals of the animal as long as it kept's you warm.

[Two Bears]

I have been using Crisco (the solid) for a few years now and have great results.

Just melt some on the stove and place your stacked patches it the crisco, after they are saturated pull them out and lightly squeeze them and place on some wax paper to dry. Then bag them up and you are ready for shooting. This crisco works very well when it is freezing out side so it makes for easy loading when the temp is below freezing.

[coyotejoe]

About anything slippery will work as a patch lube, just don't depend on it for long term rust prevention.

[Graybeard]

Posts have had to be removed here. Behave so I don't have to lock it or make folk's membership go away. Perhaps some new members need to read the rules here once again.

[Dee]

One jokes about the use of "olive oil" as a patch lube, BUT! In the very distant past olive oil as a muzzle loading lube was referred to as "sweet oil" and was  until not too long ago a LOST PIECE OF INFO. Cleaning an old barrel, or starting with a NEW barrel, one can permanently SEASON a barrel with "olive oil aka sweet oil", and will notice that once done, the barrel will be permanently MANY TIMES EASIER TO CLEAN, and foul not as quickly. It is something our ancestors already knew, and was lost along the way perhaps when smokeless powder came along.
To season a new or old barrel one has only to make sure it is completely stripped inside, and then fired 10 to 15 times using patches soaked in "olive oil, aka sweet oil". This will season the barrel, and accuracy will last longer with less cleaning in between shots.

[wilded]

just blend in a small amount of beeswax and you have one of the best lubes made.

[Empty Quiver]

I would imagine it is the factory fill for Pedersoli !

[Foggy]

I use "Sweet Oil" on all my hunting rifles and shotguns muzzleloading  or cartridge. No chemicail smells

[48mauser]

 I was just curious if peanut oil would make a good patch lube? I believe it has a higher combustion temperature, would that make it more suitable for a patch lube?

[filmokentucky]

Olive oil has done the job just fine for hundreds of years, so temperature is not an issue. It can be mixed with beeswax and tallow in varying percentages to cope with higher or lower seasonal temperatures--less oil in July than in February for example. It's worked for me for over half a century. Make sure it's tallow as lard often contains salt. In a pinch I have used salt free butter successfully but it's a pain in warm weather.

[hansg/Ups]

I've used the pomace style olive oil-less expensive;works even if it is slightly rancid.3:1 oil/beeswax for summer,4:1 oil/beeswax for winter.
I use small,scavenged plastic medication vials to carry it.
If I'm using Ballistol for patch lube,bore cleaner ,and/or emergency disinfectant,I refill[and LABEL !!] prescription eye drop containers,using a small syringe.Be sure to label that container-getting incorrect materials onto the eye,isn't a bit amusing.