Doc Fill 'Em 67797 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I just found this article about using Jojoba oil to lube your Black Powder guns. I love my Ballistol but I might give it a try. https://www.gunsweek.com/en/technics/articles/jojoba-oil-black-powder-guns#:~:text=So%2C if you want the,definitely the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Interesting -- I'll give it a try! Thanks --Dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Good grief, talk about a blast from the past! Jojoba oil was all the rage 40 years ago! At the time I was the buyer for a major metropolitan transit agency, dealing primarily with everything about their rolling stock, including fuels & lubricants. Needless to say I listened to a LOT of snake oil salesman pitches. We ran test after test, I don't recall but very, very few ever proved cost effective, not one involving jojoba bean oil. Snake oil then, snake oil now. Claims are easy to make, tough to prove. For the 20 years I worked in that industry, from CA to TX, about the only claim they didn't directly make was that it cured cancer, but they hinted it might do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1 hour ago, Griff said: Snake oil then, snake oil now. I remember when Jojoba bean farming was going to save western civilization. Far and away the best oil for BP guns and lots of other things was Sperm Oil. Pretty scarce these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 I remember reading that once upon a time a lot of BPCR shooters were using Jojoba oil in home made bullet lubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I thought it was for split ends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Sheesh. Ballistol is easily available. I think I will continue using it as my supply of sperm whale oil has all dried up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I all of a sudden have this strange desire to strap on a wooden leg, grab a harpoon and head out to sea Call me Ishmael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Fill 'Em 67797 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 I love the smell of Jojoba in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Sheridan Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 The only thing I’ve recently seen that I’m giving it a try on is for giving some water resistance to my paper patch bullets, as a thin film will dry to a wax in a few days. From the info I’ve found some rifles do just fine with it, and those that don’t really don’t perform with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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