Circle Fly has lots of components to experiment with...
When I used to use a lubed wad in shotshells, I got away from lubing the bottom wad. I found that a 12g lubed felt wad between a pair of 3/8" fiber wads worked best. A buddy of made me a felt wad cutter out of a length of steel pipe that I could just punch out of some thick wool. (got it at Track of the Wolf many years ago)
I also "discovered" that I could make a cup out of paper plates and fold it around to act like a modern wad-cup. Groups were significantly improved, but, the time and patience required for this offset the fun factor in owning an old SxS.
The only lube recipe I found that worked across a wide range of applications was from the BPCR mailing list.
- 1 ring bol-wax
- 1 cup murphy's oil-soap
- 1 "block" of canning wax
- 1 stick of Crisco (the kind that come in the 3 pack)
I pan lube bullets for my 56-50 Spencer and 45-90 Winchester/1886 with this as well.