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When refined, it has a higher smoke point (500-520°F) than near all other vegetable-based oils. Anyone used it as lube component? If so, might one reveal their findings and potentially their recipe with units included.

Everyone is concerned if the smoke point is high enough for their oil.
The temperature in your barrel is not hot enough for any length of time to even get up to the smoke point.
Using foam wads they do not melt at all from the heat when shot down your barrel.
Adequate proof the heat is not high enough for long enough time to even start melting foam wads.
Any vegetable oil works to improve the lubricity and helps modify the lube's viscosity and the smoke point is not important.
I use canola oil in Alberta Schuetzen Lube.

List of smoke points of vegetable oils:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template: ... oking_oils

Most have a smoke point over 400 F.

However your barrel becomes too hot to hold before you get anywhere near 400 F.

If your barrel got hot enough to exceed their smoke point then those with soldered sights would melt and fall off.
Soldered double barrel shotguns would fall apart.
No the barrels do not get that hot because of the short duration of the explosion, regardless of the ignition temperature of your primers or the black powder itself.

SchuetzenDave,

I think most people replace the fired primers with new ones before they reload………
Tom klinger

Curious as to why you use foam wads?

Smoke point from the table in this thread

Refined Avocado oil = 520
Refined Safflower oil = 510

King Soopers has 500 degree smoke point Avocado oil at $0.55 per ounce and refined high heat Safflower oil for $0.36 per ounce. Curious why the Avocado oil?

Dan T had a preference for meadowfoam oil.