I used to use bore butter all the time. It worked ok as a patchlube, but I never got anywhere near the thousand shots they claimed you could. It did work good though as a grease for storing the rifle. The main problem I had with it was that it was so darn expensive. I knew the old timers had to have a recipe for some kind of patchlube so I started to research it. Bear oil was the most often one that came up, but bears in this area are kinda scarce. :wink: I had about given up when I found a reference to sweet oil (olive oil) and beeswax. I tried it out and I've never looked back. Works better than anything I've ever tried. The extra benefits to it are that it is an excellent leather protector/water proofer and it works great on dry skin, ie. chapped lips, dry hands, etc. All I do is mix 3 ounces of olive oil (liquid measurement) for every ounce (dry weight) of beeswax. Try it out, you can make a lot of it fairly cheap.
