Has anyone tried Rooster Jacket on Lee Tumble Lube bullets? The Lee Alox works well but it is very messy. Any thoughts about the Rooster? Thanks.
http://www.roosterlabs.com/products.html
http://www.roosterlabs.com/products.html
Rooster Jacket?
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Hi, 357mag. I remember several threads last year talking about Rooster Jacket and how to apply it. Use the Advanced Search, with Rooster as the search term and limit it to the Handloading and Reloading subforum. That should yield a half dozen threads or more with all the members who use the product.
Hey Walkalong (how you doing, Mate.) / Johnny C
Nothing fancy, Just tumble 100 Boolits in Lee Allox like you normally would then set in wax paper to dry overnight or two. Then take about a teaspoon or so of Johnson's Paste Wax and put it in your tumbling bowl (I use a plastic instant microwave mash potatoes bowl) and start adding your boolits tumbling until all the boolits are added and have a thin layer of the JPW on all the boolits. Be patient with the JPW as it will take a bit of time and friction to breakdown from the tablespoon shape and get to the consistancy of a thick liquid. But it does work.
Then set the boolits on wax paper to dry again for a day or two. Presto, wax film jacket on boolits instead of sticky film. I came up with this when I was looking at the Rooster stuff. I didn't have mica and since I already used Johnson's Paste Wax in my Pan lube mixture so I said "What the heck" and tried it.
It's great because it has Carnuba wax in it and makes your barrell shine. I wish I could say I invented it but I quickly found out that other people use it too so I didn't invent the idea. But it does work.
Hope this helps...
LGB
Nothing fancy, Just tumble 100 Boolits in Lee Allox like you normally would then set in wax paper to dry overnight or two. Then take about a teaspoon or so of Johnson's Paste Wax and put it in your tumbling bowl (I use a plastic instant microwave mash potatoes bowl) and start adding your boolits tumbling until all the boolits are added and have a thin layer of the JPW on all the boolits. Be patient with the JPW as it will take a bit of time and friction to breakdown from the tablespoon shape and get to the consistancy of a thick liquid. But it does work.
Then set the boolits on wax paper to dry again for a day or two. Presto, wax film jacket on boolits instead of sticky film. I came up with this when I was looking at the Rooster stuff. I didn't have mica and since I already used Johnson's Paste Wax in my Pan lube mixture so I said "What the heck" and tried it.
It's great because it has Carnuba wax in it and makes your barrell shine. I wish I could say I invented it but I quickly found out that other people use it too so I didn't invent the idea. But it does work.
Hope this helps...
LGB
ThomasT
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I use rooster on my 32 mag bullets. I have also used rooster to put a second coat on tumble lube bullets that were already coated with alox.
It really cut down on the stickiness. On the bare lead and rooster jacket bullets I have had no problems or leading shooting at around 1000 fps.
It really cut down on the stickiness. On the bare lead and rooster jacket bullets I have had no problems or leading shooting at around 1000 fps.
I've heard the same thing, ratshooter. I haven't tried it yet.
LGB - I looked for Johnson Paste Wax at Home Depot and Lowes but they don't stock it. I'll go to Ace next. I sincerely doubt if WalMart has it. It's in the flat round can, right? Not a liquid, but the milky white thick paste. If I get your drift, you put it in a container and place the container in the vibratory bowl, let the paste reduce, then introduce the bullets. At what kinda store do you find the paste? Thanks, partner.
LGB - I looked for Johnson Paste Wax at Home Depot and Lowes but they don't stock it. I'll go to Ace next. I sincerely doubt if WalMart has it. It's in the flat round can, right? Not a liquid, but the milky white thick paste. If I get your drift, you put it in a container and place the container in the vibratory bowl, let the paste reduce, then introduce the bullets. At what kinda store do you find the paste? Thanks, partner.
Ants;
Let me chime in here, in place of LGB. People usually hand tumble Lee Liquid Alox over the bullets. You put the bullets in a small plastic container (like a margarine container), squirt a little liquid alox and jiggle the bullets around in the plastic container by hand. As the bullets tumble, they'll eventually get convered uniformly in alox.
I've never heard of putting the little container in a tumbler, but I wouldn't dismiss it, either. Try it and let us know if it works!
-John
Let me chime in here, in place of LGB. People usually hand tumble Lee Liquid Alox over the bullets. You put the bullets in a small plastic container (like a margarine container), squirt a little liquid alox and jiggle the bullets around in the plastic container by hand. As the bullets tumble, they'll eventually get convered uniformly in alox.
I've never heard of putting the little container in a tumbler, but I wouldn't dismiss it, either. Try it and let us know if it works!
-John
ThomasT
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I don't think I would put the bullets in a case cleaner. The bullets would get peckered up. I use a Pimento Cheese tub and roll the bullets around gently. Whatever you use make sure the lid fits tight and won't pop off and dump your bullets on the floor.
Dinging your bullets up will change the way they shoot.
Also my 1000th post. Hooray!!!
Dinging your bullets up will change the way they shoot.
Also my 1000th post. Hooray!!!
Hey Ants,
This is the stuff right here:
JOHNSON Paste Wax, 1 Lb. Can
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1420111&CAWELAID=109343695
By the way, I don't put the bowl that I tumble the bullets into a vibratory tumbler. I meant that you should put 10 - 20 bullets in with 1 teaspoon or so of JPW and start tumbling in your boolit tumbling bowl. Usually a used butter plastic bowl.
PM me if you need any help.
LGB
This is the stuff right here:
JOHNSON Paste Wax, 1 Lb. Can
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1420111&CAWELAID=109343695
By the way, I don't put the bowl that I tumble the bullets into a vibratory tumbler. I meant that you should put 10 - 20 bullets in with 1 teaspoon or so of JPW and start tumbling in your boolit tumbling bowl. Usually a used butter plastic bowl.
PM me if you need any help.
LGB
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