Kuyong_Chuin
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I myself do not plan on using cast bullets much in what I'll be loading except for maybe target loads at some later date, but Dad is planning on loading his 357 with wad cutters. He has had a bucket of lead plus some ingots for making lead balls for the black powder guns guns for years. I have been reading the threads and in other places on different coatings and lubes for the bullets to keep the friction and fouling down when the bullet is properly fit and lubed. There is some things I have used worked with at times that I think might work well as a bullet lubricant as well as what we used it for when I could still work. Maybe someone that cast their own bullets has tried some of these or can try them to see how well they preform as a bullets lubricant. The first one is a mixture we used in a aluminum extrusion factory. We "painted" it on the ends of the bullets before they went into the furnace to keep them from sticking together or to the ram went they were pushed through the dies to make what ever they were making at the time. The mix was hydraulic oil and powdered graphite. A scoop which was maybe 12 ounces into a gallon jug with the top cut out and add enough of the fluid to make it into a thin paint. We would then paint it on with a brush and it would dry in a few minutes. Next is nycogrease I forget the number but it is just Vaseline and powdered graphite. It is used as a antiseize compound in the airline industry but we used it on the dies to keep them from sticking in the presses. Seems like a mix of white lithium soap graphite and ether hydraulic oil or Vaseline would work well.
Another think I wanted to ask about is I was looking at lead alloys and saw they make a lead copper alloy you can buy. It would seem if you used that to mold your bullets out of you would basically have a jacket kind of built into the cast bullet.
I want to here what you guys and gals think? Remember I am not casting bullets so it is up to you what you do with this information. It is just some chemicals I have worked with over the years.
P.S. Warning hydraulic oil and graphite is hard to get out of clothing when mixed.
If you get it on you clothes rub some lestoil on the stain and wash normally it will take it out. That stuff will take out grass, grease, blood, and other stains out and some Wal-Mart's carry it.
Another think I wanted to ask about is I was looking at lead alloys and saw they make a lead copper alloy you can buy. It would seem if you used that to mold your bullets out of you would basically have a jacket kind of built into the cast bullet.
I want to here what you guys and gals think? Remember I am not casting bullets so it is up to you what you do with this information. It is just some chemicals I have worked with over the years.
P.S. Warning hydraulic oil and graphite is hard to get out of clothing when mixed.
If you get it on you clothes rub some lestoil on the stain and wash normally it will take it out. That stuff will take out grass, grease, blood, and other stains out and some Wal-Mart's carry it.
