Sticky .38 Special lubes

[Mark_Mark]

SIZE first,
Put it on THIN,
BAKE it dry.
SHOOT next day
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sh...egend-advice&p=4816659&viewfull=1#post4816659

No Muss
No Fuss
No Leading

I’m going to say this…. I don’t like the look of powder coated bullets.

 

[.38 Special]

SIZE first,
Put it on THIN,
BAKE it dry.
SHOOT next day
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sh...egend-advice&p=4816659&viewfull=1#post4816659

No Muss
No Fuss
No Leading

Pass.

 

[MEHavey]

Sometimes that's (ALOX) the only option with bore riding bullets at high pressure/velocity.
PC'g them wipes out the bore-riding dimensions

 

[forrest r]

I couldn't even begin to count how many sticks of the NRA 50/50 lube I've burned up over the decades. There's nothing you can do about the bullets being sticky/tacky/gooey/fly paper. There's nothing you can do about the clouds of smoke it produces when firing a 50/50 lubed bullet. Nor the constant cleaning of the reloading dies/seating die, the black hands from a 400/500 round range session. Wiping the revolver down every 150/200 rounds along with the hands to keep a consistent grip on the revolver.

Don't miss those days at all.

At the end of the day lubing bullets with a luber/sizer is outdated. I have 1 and still use it for rifle bullets every now and then. But I quit the old pagan ritual of lubing-sizing pistol & revolver bullets back in 2013-2014.

 

[MaxLoad]

I quit the old pagan ritual

I started casting and powder coating a few years ago when I started shooting weekly comps and was going through jacketed bullets like potato chips. Even at that, I considered casting and powder coating
a Pagan activity.... and ceremoniously chanted for 15 minutes while my toaster oven ticked away. Then one day, for giggles and grins, I picked up an ancient Lyman/Ideal #45 in perfect condition from Ebay. Couldn't pass it up.
I mounted it to an RCBS heater and started collecting dies and top punches. I setup a cauldron of bees wax, vaseline, castor oil, crayons and various other potions and started pouring my own lube sticks, searching for
the right consistency and mythical texture. I studied the scriptures of The Los Angeles Silhouette Club, especially the grimoire of "From Ingot to Target: A Cast Bullet Guide for Handgunners". I can now turn Bees wax
into a magical substance that cannot be found anywhere, even Gunbroker. I admit it. I went from fully jacketed to fully Pagan. I still powder coat, because it is expedient, cheap, clean and fast. But truth be told,
there is something about the dark side of waxy potions and working the handle of that Lyman. Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.