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1minute wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:41 pm Just looking for simple home lube recipe. Probably had a year's supply on the last prime rib I cooked up.

I use a drivitive of Paul Matthew's lube made with nutegenia factual soP . Instead of needs foor oil I use 2x the amount of that in beef tallow that is rendered from the fat on the outside of the body just under the hide . I've been using it for 20 years . I'm a master class silhouette shooter .

As to the original question: Does anyone honestly think one would salvage rendered drippings from a well-salted-seasoned and aged prime rib and run them through a barrel? My drippings land in the coals below enhancing the smoke effect, so there's none to be had post cooking anyway.

In my last go around, however, I did trim off about 3 lbs of tallow before seasonings and injections were initiated. That material just looked to have some potential, hence the question. I do appreciate the constructive comments offered.

In a similar vein some years back, a pseudo-mountain man insisted bear grease was the absolute epitome of treatments for my White's boots. He had just added to his supply, and blessed me with an on-the-spot application. It was damn near six months before the stink subsided, and I'm sure glad I didn't have my other 3 pairs along that day.

Might just give some lamb a try when all the 4-H stock goes under the knife this fall. Thanks again,

I still have a good supply of mutton tallow from scraps i got from the local plant. Just something we have to do I guess. Once I discovered paper I quit playing with all that stuff. Got a good supply of nasa and eagle lube if I ever need to grease something.

Has anyone tried bacon grease for GG lube?

Rendered bear grease has no smell and will not go rancid for years if kept covered in a jar.
kw

Lumpy Grits wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:29 pm Has anyone tried bacon grease for GG lube?

Yeah… no who puts salt down your barrel on purpose?

Kenny W

Kenny Wasserburger wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:27 pm

Lumpy Grits wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:29 pm Has anyone tried bacon grease for GG lube?

Yeah… no who puts salt down your barrel on purpose?

Kenny W

true!

[quote]Rendered bear grease has no smell and will not go rancid for years if kept covered in a jar.[/quote]

Sounds quite reasonable if no oxygen is available.

Once out of that jar, however, something happened. Have a good one,

1minute wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:41 pm Just looking for simple home lube recipe. Probably had a year's supply on the last prime rib I cooked up.

When I render fat of any kind I cut it up in small chunks or grind it , then put it in a pot with a small ammount of distilled water and cook it till it starts getting light brown . Then I strain the grease off . Then I put the grease back in the pot with an equal ammount of water and boil it a few minutes , then set it in the fridg to solidify & drain the water off . I repeat that at least 3 times to remove the salt . All the black powder lubes contain animal product's of some sort and have salt in them . The powder we use is far more corrosive than anything we could use as lube . I make my own lube because I want to period , I like doing it and it is equal to anything I've ever bought , better than some actually. If u want to use bacon grease use it , it can be cleaned up by boiling it with distilled water or rain water and the salt will be removed just as much as any commercial lube . Oh yeah and I'm working on making my own powder also

In the 70’s, Bill Ballard had a simple recipe in his booklet/catalog for accessories for shooting Buffalo rifles. 2 parts crisco, 1 part bees wax, and 1 part paraffin wax. If you wipe or blow tube, it works great. If you want to load sporting ammunition, use the lube that I posted earlier. I suppose you could substitute tallow for the crisco, but tallow is either expensive or work intensive with no gain.

Gawd awful lot of difference between harden grease from fat, and rendered tallow.
Once you get the stuff refined to tallow, try 2/3 tallow and 1/3 jojoba oil.