Beeswax

[MikePal]

Rather lucky find over the weekend at a yard sale. Guy was selling 5lb blocks of beeswax that he had picked up at local place that made/sold Honey when it closed it doors.

This is a nice find being that most commercial beeswax you buy now comes from Asia and doesn't actually contain any wax made by bee's

It's more than a life time supply so I may be gifting some..

I'm going be using it for lube for the .58 conical I'll be shooting this summer. The best recipe, that sounds right, I have found so far is;

"For conicals, I use a mixture of 1/4 bees wax, 1/4 Crisco and 1/2 olive oil. Put all the ingredients in a glass container in the microwave oven until everything melts. Stir it a little and pour into a container of your choice to cool and solidify".

Any one have any others?

[northernontario]

No Recipes... but for anyone who's looking, you can often find beeswax from local beekeepers.

I sell beeswax, shipping tends to double the cost though.

[GuyJR]

For my Snider enfields and P53 enfields I use a 75% Beeswax and 25% olive oil mix.

[Marker]

Beeswax and olive oil worked for me, I read that the crisco can turn rancid if left for a long time. I tried adding in Lees liquid Alox but did not see any difference in results.

After having said that, I switched back to patch and ball for cost savings.

[MikePal]

After having said that, I switched back to patch and ball for cost savings.

I was surprised looking at recipes, that there is a subtle difference between what you cut the beeswax with between using it for patch and ball and for conicals. Stiffer lube for the conicals, which I guess makes sense.

[standup]

I was surprised looking at recipes, that there is a subtle difference between what you cut the beeswax with between using it for patch and ball and for conicals. Stiffer lube for the conicals, which I guess makes sense.

I used to just 60% soft bees wax and 40% bag balm. Start putting the animal junk in it gets a shelf life, and too many ingredients makes it harder to hit exact next time. Hows the PH doing?

[standup]

I was surprised looking at recipes, that there is a subtle difference between what you cut the beeswax with between using it for patch and ball and for conicals. Stiffer lube for the conicals, which I guess makes sense.

Just straight BB was good on patch RB. I don't think you'll like the accuracy of a RB in the PH

[standup]

I know this is hard, but. Trust me you want the lanolin in there

[muskrat trapper]

If you're near Carleton Place, I have bees and beeswax

[MikePal]

My wife has signed us up with 'Gee's Bees'..we'll have our first hive here soon...so I may have my own wax soon..

http://www.geesbees.ca/