What Do You Think of This Dry Lube?

[Joshua M. Smith]

Hello,

A while back I developed a dry bullet lube.

It looks like this:



And again, after final polishing to take off the excess:



This was done after I got tired of messing with stick lubes and Alox.

Testing it in my own 1911 with 5.0grns Bullseye under the 230grn bullet (consult your manuals) revealed very little to no leading, and when there was the occasional streak, it didn't stick but came right off.

Cleaning was done with a pass of a boresnake.

I sent 500 bullets to a friend who has a Thompson fitted with a Cutt's Compensator. He loaded them hotter than I would for a 1911 and proceeded to run them through said Tommy gun. He had the same non-leading-of-the-barrel experience as I, and what's more, his report was that the compensator was not leaded, which was unusual for that particular sub-gun. He was also getting slightly better velocity.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? It's not a true plating, but rather a copper/polymer/graphite coating, and I have several hundred loaded for my pistol.

No real point to this post other than maybe throw something new out there!

Thanks,

Josh

 

[noylj]

I have seen your pictures before. It is interesting.
Is it better/easier/cheaper than LLA or JPW/LLA for tumble lubing?
Does it smoke or stink?
Let us know your results.

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

Hello,

It does not smoke or stink.

I posted these maybe a year or two ago. Been thinking about going back to the experiment.

It is not easier than Alox, but maybe a bit cheaper if done in bulk. Mostly, though, it's what I would use should I start selling bullets again.

Josh