Question for the group. When I first got my Pietta, it was one of those kits from cabelas. It came with wax seals to go over the balls when pressed into the cylinder. I have never been able to find them since. At one time cabelas sold them in packs of 50, but they've been discontinued. Does anyone actually run their guns with the wax? I get that the theory was to keep the cylinder sealed to prevent sparks from touching off the powder and also lube the barrel. I just find it odd that they don't seem to carry them anymore.
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Many of us mix our own lube and soak felt wads in it to keep the fouling around the cylinder pin soft. There are a ton of places to look on the net. One of them is muzzleloaderforums.com.
I buy felt from these folks http://www.durofelt.com/products.html and cut it with a wad punch to make wads. A sharpened .45 Colt case will work also. Then I buy beeswax from Fleabay and mix it with tallow from wherever you can get it and olive oil and melt on a hotplate at low heat. When I think I have the mix I want, I drop in the wads. I scoop them out with a strainer and dump them on some wax paper and throw in the fridge. After that I just separate them and put them in plastic bags.
I punch out the wads while watching TV so it doesn't get tedious.
When I shoot paper, I load my .44's like this. Add 20 grains of Pyro P, fill to within 1/8 of the chamber mouth with cornmeal, add wad and then ball. This load is compressible to just below the mouth and is very accurate and economical as you don't use much powder.
Have fun.