ASSRA Forum - Where to get Beeswax ?

ASSRA Forum › General › Reloading the Single Shot Rifle › Where to get Beeswax ?

(Moderator Group: Moderator)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Page Index Toggle

Pages: [1] 2

Hot Topic (More than 10 Replies)

Where to get Beeswax ? (Read 10200 times)

DWT1885 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 468 Location: New Jersey Joined: Nov 25^th, 2010	Where to get Beeswax ? Dec 17^th, 2011 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	Am new to this game and want to make up some Emmert's lube. Where does one go to buy yellow beeswax? Also what is the correct way to prepare new brass for breech seating? Thanks. Dale.

	35th Security Police Squadron, Phan Rang AB, RVN, May 70-71. All gave some, some gave all.
	IP Logged

JohnM Participating Member Offline Posts: 30 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Joined: Nov 20^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #1 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 7:12pm	Print Post
	Dale - I get bee's wax on ebay. There are several reputable sellers there. There will be someone along pretty soon than can answer your brass question better than I can. John


	IP Logged

DWT1885 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 468 Location: New Jersey Joined: Nov 25^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #2 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 7:26pm	Print Post
	Thanks John. Found some. Don't know why I didn't think of that in the first place. Dale.

	35th Security Police Squadron, Phan Rang AB, RVN, May 70-71. All gave some, some gave all.
	IP Logged

frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7640 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #3 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 7:32pm	Print Post
	The only thing you really need to do is to bell the mouth so that you can feel a little drag when chamber or fire a fixed round. Frank

	ASSRA Member #696, ISSA Member #339
	YIM AIM IP Logged

Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3985 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #4 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 7:51pm	Print Post
	I just found this place - BW for under $5 a pound. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

	Cat Whisperer (trk) Chief of Smoke Pulaski Coehorn Works and Skunk Works Drafted May 1970, Retired Maj. U.S.Army assra #9885
	WWW IP Logged

DWT1885 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 468 Location: New Jersey Joined: Nov 25^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #5 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 8:01pm	Print Post
	Thanks Frank & Cat Whisperer for the info.

	35th Security Police Squadron, Phan Rang AB, RVN, May 70-71. All gave some, some gave all.
	IP Logged

frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7640 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #6 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 8:25pm	Print Post
	Over on CBA, theres a guy selling it for (15lb) $3.50 per lb shipped and lots of guys buying it. Frank

	ASSRA Member #696, ISSA Member #339
	YIM AIM IP Logged

JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #7 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 10:46pm	Print Post
	There was a fellow in Fernley Nevada by the name of Bob Williams who pickup up some 100% pure beewax at a Navy surplus auction quite a few years back. The Navy used to lube the mooring ropes with it and I picked up three flat rate USPS boxes for just under $30.00 including the shipping. I don't recall the exact weight as it was quite a few years ago and it amounted to a lifetime supply plus after giving one box away to a close friend and fellow competitor. If it is the same gentleman the quality was as advertised and it is some very nice beeswax. J.Louis

	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
	IP Logged

Kermit1945 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 980 Location: In Flux Joined: Aug 31^st, 2011	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #8 - Dec 17^th, 2011 at 10:59pm	Print Post
	If you have a local farmer's market, see if a local beekeeper is selling honey. Ask him/her. I've had good luck this way, and no shipping!

	"Speed's fine, but accuracy's final." Bill Jordan "Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly." Mae West
	IP Logged

DWT1885 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 468 Location: New Jersey Joined: Nov 25^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #9 - Dec 18^th, 2011 at 10:33am	Print Post
	This forum is great. Thanks to all who replyed to my question. Dale.

	35th Security Police Squadron, Phan Rang AB, RVN, May 70-71. All gave some, some gave all.
	IP Logged

Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3985 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #10 - Dec 18^th, 2011 at 7:34pm	Print Post
	frnkeore wrote on Dec 17^th, 2011 at 8:25pm: Over on CBA, theres a guy selling it for (15lb) $3.50 per lb shipped and lots of guys buying it. Frank I looked on the board and searched but didn't find - do you have a link?

	Cat Whisperer (trk) Chief of Smoke Pulaski Coehorn Works and Skunk Works Drafted May 1970, Retired Maj. U.S.Army assra #9885
	WWW IP Logged

frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7640 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #11 - Dec 18^th, 2011 at 10:02pm	Print Post
	Here you go, hhe has another add for smaller amount at a little higher price, also. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Frank

	ASSRA Member #696, ISSA Member #339
	YIM AIM IP Logged

UtahDave Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 396 Location: Heber City, Utah Joined: Aug 14^th, 2010	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #12 - Dec 19^th, 2011 at 12:33am	Print Post
	Here is a place selling beeswax beads for about $6 per pound. Very pure stuff. I've used it for a couple of years. They also have some interesting oils and lanolin. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Dave


	IP Logged

Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 859 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #13 - Dec 19^th, 2011 at 8:50am	Print Post
	Health food store, usually carries it.

	May the Bullet Gods be with you.......
	IP Logged

Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4232 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: Where to get Beeswax ? Reply #14 - Dec 19^th, 2011 at 3:06pm	Print Post
	There is a big price difference for the different qualities of bee's wax you can purchase. You can get the local slightly cleaned bee's wax that is yellow because it still has a bit of honey in it and also has a few bee remains also mixed in. Or you can get the highly cleaned yellow bees wax that is still yellow (from embedded honey) but has all of the bee parts cleaned out. Or you can get the highly filtered white bees wax which has the embedded honey removed. Some of the high end, highly filtered white bees wax sells for $25 a pound. We use the white bees wax when we produce the Alberta Schuetzen lube since we do not like the carbonization caused by the honey(liquid sugar) embedded in poorer quality bee's wax. The higher quality bee's wax can be found in candle making shops.


	IP Logged

Page Index Toggle

Pages: [1] 2

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Board Index ‹ Board Top

Top

ASSRA Forum » Powered by YaBB 2.6.12!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2026. All Rights Reserved.

Valid XHTML

Valid CSS

Powered by Perl

Source Forge

Page completed in 1.5163 seconds.