GREAT answers!!!
So much good information in this string! Thank you guys for teaching me so much!
I am just a recreational shooter, I shoot up to 4 revolvers at an outing and out of each maybe up to 20 shots, Sometimes I concentrate on just one revolver and shoot the heck out of it with intermittent wipe-down's with Windex. It really works well for those quick wipe-downs! a quick re-lube of the Cylinder pin and the hand notches on the cylinder and I am back in business!
"Wicking" is the perfect description for the migration of the hot Crisco. It does get all over in the little nooks and crannies and gets pushed into the spots that actually need lubing anyhow!
With all the fire and heat, it's no wonder the excess Crisco gets melted off and blown away inti the recesses that need lubing anyhow
My main concern is to prevent Chainfire and so far Crisco has worked well! Frankilly, I much prefer to use a Wad to reload with as it's a lot less messy and you are SURE that you have the powder load closed off. They don;t seem to affect accuracy but the velocity figures I have read in the book "Black Powder and the old West" (An EXCELLENT referance!) It's an out of print production but readilly available.In the book velocities are recorded on charts with both substitute oiwders and real BP with and without CRisco and/or Wads. Crisco seems to aid the speed of the ball!
Like I said my main concern is Safety! Crisco alone seems to work and mixed with some of the concoctions stated probablly works even better! Often, the old mixes were good mixes!
In conclusion I think that in place of pre-lubed Wad's, a guy is pretty safe with a dab of Crisco when he either runs out of Patches or chooses to just use grease.
Thank you for all the help again! Youguys arw a wealth of info for a new shooter like myself!
ZVP