Bob R.
I think you may be onto to something with the sheep thing. After doing a little more research, I could also sell the lawn mower, as IIRC, Woodrow Wilson used a flock to keep the white house lawn trimmed during WWI. To hold costs down, we probably wouldn't do the "whole" sheep at one time BBQ, maybe just one leg at a time and then get a replacement sheep when we're on our last leg.
Could you hold my beer while I float that idea past Mrs Scout.
For everyone else who recommended buying Hoppes #9 or other commerical cleaners/lubes. I've probably got 8-10 bottles of various Hoppes (Regular #9, Benchrest, Semi-Auto, etc.), 6-8 bottles of CLP (I'm ex-Army) and probably another 4-6 bottles of other bore cleaners and lubes. I shoot mostly shotgun, cheapie .22's in a couple of cheapie plinking rifles and cast bullets in .32 Win Spec from a Winchester Model 94, so copperfouling isn't really an issue. I just wanted to try out Ed's Red in my own completely unscientific test. Figuring that if worst came to worst, I could take it to work and give it our maintenance guy and he could find a use for it. (We do metal can manufacturing.) Or give it away at my club, sure I'm out ~$20 bucks, but I might find something that works (maybe even is better) and is cheaper then the $6.99 I paid for my last bottle or Hoppes or the $5.99 I paid for CLP.
I read "Hatcher's Notebooks" and figured if it worked for him, then it's probably worth a test.
I think I've got a place or two locally to check on Lanolin.