No voodoo shooting lead , just need a revolver set up with correct demensions .
Think of shooting thru a funnel , meaning ,throats of the chamber larger than the bore .
& of course chamber alignment with bore , but if the throats are smaller than bore you`ll never stop the "little bit of leading". Next is the possibility of of " frame choke" meaning when the factory screwed the barrel into the frame it squeezed the bore down a bit , very common in this era of keeping production costs down , but I`ve seen it on all makes & models.
Next is boolit fit , simply put , it must fit ! PERIOD!
Now ,you`ve found as I have ALOX is`nt up to the task , maybe for lubing very mild loadings it works ,but if ya push the pressures up it simply is not up to the task.
Many lube offerings & I have tried them all seems like, then I found 2 I like & they work in both handgun & rifle. White Label Lubes Carnauba Red & Randy Rats TAC 1 over on castboolits.com .
These lubes need just a tad of heat to flow in Lymans 450/Star style sizers.
These lubes have low smoke& low toxcitity where alox stinks & drives my sinus` crazy!!
Here`s the bonus , these 2 lubes can be had for `bout 2 bucks for a 4" hollow stik !!
Now we get into bhn which people use as a crutch to lean on to supposedly help stop leading , but if deminsions are`nt rite it really does`nt help (just a waste of expensive alloy) . I use isotpe containers which are very close to COWW11-13 bhn (clip on wheel weights) & can get 1k fps easily sized to 3585, if I up the tin content 1200fps is possible with the slow burnin powders , the fast powders when trying to push lead fast will only start the boolit skidding down the barrel (skidding is the boolit going forward faster than the alloys ability to grab the lands in the bore & start spinning) for this reason ya need stronger/harder alloys.
Simply put we need to keep the throat/bore sealed with a lead/lube combo to keep the pressure behind the boolit.
I hope this clears up some of the voodoo of shooting lead projectiles.
Now if ya buy commercial try to purchase at least .001 over bore & measure em so you`ll know what helps & what does`nt even if ya don`t slug the throats & bore.
I`m done now .
Coffees ready!
GP
