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Post by Bullshop on Nov 26, 2019 13:33:28 GMT -7
We would like to announce a new Bullshop product. This is a new black powder lube we have developed especially for cold weather. We are calling this new lube Black Ice. This new lube was developed especially for sub freezing temperatures but to bracket its full range of temperatures I would say from 50*f to 0*f, or as cold as you can stand to shoot in.
Our NASA lube for black powder is a great lube that has quite a large following of satisfied customers. However NASA was developed specifically for very hot and very dry conditions. It overlaps well into not so extreme conditions but I have been less than satisfied with its use in sub freezing temperatures and or combined with low humidity.
For this reason I set about to develop a lube that is better suited to cold and or cold dry conditions. It has taken several years to develop because each time I got things underway other things came up that required immediate attention so took my available time from lube development. Finally I have had enough time and appropriate weather to get this lube where I wanted and am self satisfied with it.
If you shoot black powder cartridge or full caliber conical bullets in muzzleloaders and like me cant handle the cabin fever that sometimes comes from a long cold winter maybe you should try some Black Ice. Better yet get a jump on and be ready for those extreme conditions that we are told climate change will hammer us with. Weather its just those December 21 to March 21 seasonal changes or those bad ol climate change extremes either way you will be ready with our new Black Ice black powder lube.
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Post by Bullshop on Nov 30, 2019 14:00:25 GMT -7
Today 11/30/19 I had some free time and the weather was about perfect for an official cold weather test of our new Black Ice black powder winter lube. The temperature and humidity were very close to the same at about 19*F and 20% humidity. Yesterday I had loaded 17 cartridges using over run bullets from a recent order, the Lee 405gn hollow base as offered by Spence Wolf based on his arsenal drawings for the Springfield 405gn 45-70 carbine bullet. These were cast in our standard soft alloy of 98% lead to 2% antimony at BHN-9, sized to .458" diameter and lubed with our new Black Ice BP winter lube. I will have Tina add a picture of the 100 yard target soon. The first 10 shots are numbered in sequence. Shot #1 the highest shot was fired through a clean oiled bore The last 7 shots not numbered were fired in rapid succession. There was no wiping between shots and all shots were fired without wiping. The reason for the rapid succession of the un-numbered 7 was that I was being called in for a second turkey day dinner to give thanks for the meal and that nearly all our family could be together for it. They were all waiting for me and I didn't have any breakfast this AM.. I let the rifle set until after dinner to clean it and I was interested to see what the fouling would be like. There was a nice greasy lube star at the muzzle that remained soft and greasy when wiped off with a finger. Pushing a dry patch through the bore I could feel a very little bit of roughness but the patch still pushed through easily but left some fouling. A second dry patch left pretty much a shiny bore. I want to mention the load used was not an accuracy load developed for this rifle. It was just a load put together randomly to test the lube. The load is 65gn weight of KIK FFG, a card wad, then compressed enough to seat the bullet to original arsenal length and sparked with a CCI #300 LP primer. The load was put into un-sized cases so the bullet could be hand seated then cases were crimped to keep bullets in the case. This load will produce about 1200 fps depending on the gun its being fired in but close to 1200. All in all I am pleased with the results. Fouling was being controlled only by the lube as no additional effort was made to control fouling. The fairly low 20% humidity combined with the well below freezing temperature was a good test for the developmental purpose of this lube. The rifle used was a first edition 1980's vintage Browning model 1885 in 45-70.    Living in the Alaskan interior for 20 years taught me that regardless of temperature either very hot or very cold humidity has the same effect on BP fouling. The compounded issue in below freezing temps is that you can not use blow tubing as an aid to fouling control because the moistier from blowing freezes on top of the powder fouling so does not mix with it and the ice covered powder fouling is then even harder on bullets of successive shots. In sub freezing temps other than wiping the lube is all you have to control fouling and in this regard with what little testing we have done so far I am giving Black Ice all passing grades. Lord willing pictures to follow shortly. |
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Post by missionary on Nov 30, 2019 14:39:34 GMT -7
Good afternoon Dan
Reads like you have a good lube coming along.
How do you think this Black Ice would perform on a patched ball in a muzzleloader ? BP fouling is the same beast when ignited and seems to need about the same attention that I have seen on a 50-70 or a 54 muzzle loader with 70 grains of 2F of the same Goex.
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Post by Bullshop on Nov 30, 2019 18:24:11 GMT -7
Very good question Mike. We have another version of this same lube with a lower viscosity specifically for patch lube. It is just different proportions of the same ingredients . The Black Ice since it will be used in lubrisizer presses as well as pan and dip lubing has to be far more viscus than a patch lube. The formula for Black Ice is 5-2-2 while the formula for patch lube with the same ingredients is 1-1-1. Both have the same effect on powder fouling but each is formulated for its intended purpose.
I would be happy to send you a sample to test and report on.
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Post by missionary on Dec 1, 2019 7:29:48 GMT -7
Howdy Dan
It would be a long wait as we do not get north again till June 2020 and will return to Peru just after voting so there will not be any good cold air to get out into. Normal East ILLinois temperature in November is maybe freezing at night but 40-50 through the day.
But I am blessed that you have already got it in the works. Thank you.
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