Thought I'd give this a try.  Anyone using or have an opinion - and what ratio if so?

Application is BP.

One patch, two patch, wet, dry, your practice under match time constraints?  Anything you care to offer.

Balistol didn't work for me, it should work but you can't keep it, it goes BAD. I have better luck with NAPA water solable oil mixed 8 to 1, shooting greasers 2 patches work best.I squeeze the heck out of them in my juicer so they are just damp. For Paper patch I use bore pigs and put a dry patch behind the pig and push it thru together. For greasers If you follow with a dry patch you will invite leading and if your patch is too wet your group will suffer, it takes some practice to get everything right.

Thank You gentlemen.  Saved me some money!

Thank You Jerry, glad you included the solution proportions!

I've done Windex and no complaints but that's coming from someone with all of three BPCR matches under his belt.   And I was blow tubing during those.   

Gonna shoot again Sunday and left nearly all my gear up north so was deciding on what I'd try for this match.    

Be interested in your between-relay regimens.   Even what you do before leaving the range when it's all said and done?  Not the brass, just your bore.

At one match I wiped up afterwards with windex and water like I did between relays and thought I dried the bore ok with a dry patch.   I didn't get to it again for a couple hours.  Was I shocked at the color of the first couple patches.  Looked like rust had already started to grow.   You can bet I paid more attention to dry patches after that -- whatever 'that' was from!

Until this year I have always used Ballistol and water.  I started at 30% Ballistol - 70% water an ended up using 10% Ballistol - 90 % water for both paper patching and grease grooved black powder shooting.

This year I've decided to give the NAPA oil a try.  They both work the same as far as I can see.

I have had some Ballistol go bad though, and I dislike the smell.   The only downside I see with the NAPA oil is that it doesn't mix as well with water as Ballistol does.  I'm using 10% NAPA with 90% water now.  The mixture will start to separate a little after sitting for a few days.

My motivation for trying the NAPA oil was simply from talking to the guys who were scoring higher than me.  NAPA oil is used a lot more often than Ballistol in the matches I've been to.  Still I think there is no practical difference.

Chris.

I agree, it definitely varies with conditions.  When I shot the Wyoming state midrange match this year I used 3 wet Arsenal patches per shot.  If I'd used two I'd have likely fouled out like a few others complained about.   

I never run a dry patch after the wet ones, just a chamber mop.  I've found that in the hot and dry places that this is usually a recipe for leading the bore.  Unless shooting with paper patches of course.

It also depends on the rifle you are shooting.  My .32-40's when shot at a covered range will work with one to two patches.  With my .45-90 there is a lot of heat in the barrel so the patches need to be wetter, and I need more of them.

Chris.

I use Napa oil/water at 5-10% oil for wiping solution when I paper patch and have no Bore Pigs of the right size.  With Bore Pigs I use straight water.  The NAPA emulsion sits in an old brown plastic Hydrogen Peroxide bottle for months in my hot garage and never has changed in smell or consistency.

I use Ballistol/water at the same ratio for either cleaning at the end of a session or wiping if I've forgotten the cutting oil emulsion.  Like Gunlaker, I haven't found any significant difference between the two for wiping between shots.  It's obviously the water that does the real work there.

Cleaning is another story.  I use the Ballistol/water mix, inside and outside, until the patches are no longer black or gray and follow with a wipedown and bore patch of pure Ballistol.  The gun is then good for months in the safe.  Ballistol, used this way is especially good for my .32 caliber muzzleloader, which always has the potential to trap moisture in its narrow closed barrel.  I used to clean with soapy water, dry, oil with RIG, and then have to check it in two days to make sure no rust was forming.  I would frequently see the beginnings of an orange/brown deposit on the patches and would have to wipe and re-oil.  With Ballistol, the problem went away.

It does smell pretty funky, although it can be gotten used to and then evokes memories of previous shooting sessions in the manner of Hoppe's #9. Since the shooting sessions thus evoked are smelly Black Powder shooting sessions rather than aromatic smokeless powder sessions, the difference from Hoppes #9 is more characteristic and memorable.

The manufacturer might consider putting Wintergreen in the formula, like Bore Butter has, to cover the odor.  Or, perhaps, a variety of scents, for every customer's preference. Then it would be like toothpaste or soap; you'd never know what formula you wanted. 

I use NAPA oil at about 15%, 1 damp patch on a nylon brush pushed through the bore at a leisurely pace followed by a bore swab of the chamber.