Dixie Gun Works sell mutton tallow for making bullet lubes.

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Bayberry Wax is available through Amazon (what isn't?)

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Steam cylinder oil is still available too ...

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Acheson Electric Graphite #2301 MIGHT still be available from one of the various companies that bought out the original Acheson company?

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Beeswax is the easy one ...

Mutton Tallow is available and this source, though the price has increased, is pure white with no additives ... (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
Fearing the source would dry up like Dixie, I bought 12 lbs and have 5 tubs (2lb each) left

Fitz would be the one to ask he has been using Pope's Lube for the twenty plus years that I have known him. He sent me a few of his 33 Pope, Pope lubed bullets to try some twenty years back.

scheutzenmiester, I use that exact list of componenets listed 2nd Pope Lube from "respectfully Yours H.M. Pope" The only change is the Powdered Graphite. In the H. M Pope book he recommended Oildag in place of Powdered Graphite. Oildag is Graphite in suspension and it works. The Graphite does not settle out. The Powdered Graphite did settle out, as when I first went to Pope Lube I used the Powdered and it always settled to the bottom of the Lube Cake. At the time I decided to go to the Pope lube finding the components was difficult. But the original maker Acheson Lubricant still had it listed in 1 Pint cans for just under $10.00. I bought a case of 12 Pints and very quickly sold all but 1 Pint in my group of Schuetzen shooters. The Mutton Tallow was just a matter of finding a Butcher that on occasion processed Sheep for local Live Stock Farmers. The Steam Cylinder Oil was found by going to Steam Train enthusiasts and did find a source that said he had the original steam cylinder oil that was made from Vegtable Fats. Not Mineral Oil. The Bayberry Wax can be found at Candle makers and is the Hard Shell found on candles and has a pleasant Oder when the Candle is Burned.
For many years I had used a simple Lube of 50/50 Bee's Wax and Yellow Vaseline. It worked well and still can be found in the section of a Pharmacy that handles Baby products. It is sometimes labeled as "Yellow Petrolatum"
I later purchased another case as I had sold all but one of the first case of Oildag. I have recently learned that Acheson sold off the rights to it to a German firm and they now only offer it in 55 Gallon barrels. So I guess I will have to make the Pint I have left last. It has worked well for me a stores well in Butter Dixie cups in a vegetable crisper. BUT! when pan lubed and stored for a lengthy time it does grow a Mossy fuzz on the Bullets. I have shot them to see what effect it has and can see no difference. But I only tested offhand and that is not a valid test for difference. I have NOT! had a problem with fowling in any manner with Barrel cleaning or Bore condition in over 40 years of using this Lubricant with either Black or Smokeless or Duplex Loading in some of my most prized rifles. But my procedure has and still is when done shooting and while the Barrel is warm Wiping with a sloppy wet patch and then a dry patch and then another wet patch and leave it wet until I get home and clean it again. FITZ OLD TUCK

OLD Tuck, Did you ever shoot the Pope Lube without the graphite?

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If you can find it or have some, Rapine Mold Prep is graphite in a suspended solution of some type of solvent

Back when I could still use a lube pump I had real good success with epoxy bedding the bullet to the die. It made for a perfect leak free fit and both the Dell and the Barrnet were a real pleasure to use.