I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
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Typical Buck
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I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
I finally got a chance to shoot my new flintlock and the moosemilk patched balls were really hard to load so before switching patch material or ball size I changed my lube to good old T/C borebutter like I use to use and the balls loaded slick as anything. You know what the groups shrunk a bit as well.
With the new FoxRidge rifle the moosemilk was very hard to start and push down the bore. I was using a Hornaday .490 ball with the walmart blue striped pillow ticking which I think MICS out around .018. But it is a new bore and needs to be brocken in. The difference in loading was extreme though the borebutter loaded and shot better and I could just keep shooting without cleaning (again).
So why did I quit using this stuff?
With the new FoxRidge rifle the moosemilk was very hard to start and push down the bore. I was using a Hornaday .490 ball with the walmart blue striped pillow ticking which I think MICS out around .018. But it is a new bore and needs to be brocken in. The difference in loading was extreme though the borebutter loaded and shot better and I could just keep shooting without cleaning (again).
So why did I quit using this stuff?
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
Beats me, I used it for many years still do for the PRB and the Revolver Its almost as good as Spermoil and replaceable. I perodicly scrub out the bore with boiling water and citrus soap put it in the oven at 200 degrees for 1 hour wipe with borebutter and we are ready for the oncoming year. I have read about a lot of people having problems but I have used it ever since they came out with it without any of those problems so I guess I just think its new people to the sport that have not learned all the ins and outs yet. I seen one fellow at the range filling the back end of a plastic sabot with it. I don't think I would do that! Lee
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
ORIGINAL: Pittsburghunter
Borebutter....
So why did I quit using this stuff?
Borebutter....
So why did I quit using this stuff?
For weekend range trips duringthe cold dry low humidity months of winter, I do switch to Hoppes No9 BP Plus as it's 'wetter', but the other 9-10 months of the year, it's Natural Lube 1000 all the time
#4
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
I always liked the bore-buttered pillow tickers. I've been using the Permatex-patch latelyonly because it's three times cheaper.
I made-up another patch lube today. Will be trying it in a couple of weeks. It's 70% water & alky -- 15% Ballistol and 15% Napa soluble cutting oil. Put it in a small spray bottle & sprayed 30-40 patches today. I will let them sit for two weeks in a Skoal can.
This is the 2nd time I bought some Skoal -- poured out the tobacco & used the can for patches. It's the same thing I do with the small spray bottles filled with car scent. I always dump the scent out -- then use the sprayer for swabbing.
If the Ballistol/Napa Oil doesn't work, I'm going to try Roundball's Hoppes #9 BP Plus. I've been eyeing that stuff as a patch lube for years.
I made-up another patch lube today. Will be trying it in a couple of weeks. It's 70% water & alky -- 15% Ballistol and 15% Napa soluble cutting oil. Put it in a small spray bottle & sprayed 30-40 patches today. I will let them sit for two weeks in a Skoal can.
This is the 2nd time I bought some Skoal -- poured out the tobacco & used the can for patches. It's the same thing I do with the small spray bottles filled with car scent. I always dump the scent out -- then use the sprayer for swabbing.
If the Ballistol/Napa Oil doesn't work, I'm going to try Roundball's Hoppes #9 BP Plus. I've been eyeing that stuff as a patch lube for years.
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
dont have to tell you all..bore butter is nasty when weather here in pa. gets below freezing with PATCH/RB.using maxi-balls, i had no major problems..i dont have to use that bore butter now below 32 degrees as i am using powerbelts now.if i shoot a rb in cold, as rb said, i use hoppes blackpowder lube on my patch and no bore butter in bore.i think your permatex might be a good lube in cold for rb and leave bore butter home.
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
"...Hoppes #9 BP Plus. I've been eyeing that stuff as a patch lube for years..."
"...Hoppes #9 BP Plus. I've been eyeing that stuff as a patch lube for years..."
I ran across a little place going out of business...he had 40 of those white Hoppes plastic bottle of No9 BP Plus...bought all 40 bottles for $3.00 each...have about 30 bottles more than I need but taking them all was the only way I could get the low price and figured I could pass on the rest for the same low price...if anybodywants a few bottles, send me a PM...can probably fit 6-8 bottles in one of those priority mail flat rate boxes and ship anywhere in the 48 states for$8
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
I've never opened the Hoppes to reveal what's inside, but I heard it is a product very similar to T/C 13. That one doesn't freeze in overnight 20ish degree temps. I recall that from my earlieryears muzzleloading. Anything colder than that won't see me outdoors with a gun anymore - unless it's a shotgun hunting rabbits for a couple of hours or-so max.
I might think differently about staying out there -- if I had some private land access.
I might think differently about staying out there -- if I had some private land access.
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RE: I rediscovered Borebutter this weekend.
ORIGINAL: Sharp Shooter
Doese that Hoppes freeze to your bore in the winter? I might get some to try in cold weather.
Doese that Hoppes freeze to your bore in the winter? I might get some to try in cold weather.
Being a liquid lube, the patches are more dampthana Natural Lube 1000 patch, and even in super dry conditions I can still shoot the entire range session without wiping between shots...amazing stuff, and at the steal I got it for, it's doubly fantastic