Raw lead bullets

White Label Lubes is a great company to deal with for bullet lubes. http://lsstuff.com/store/

I have been casting for several years and don't use a lubersizer. I dip lube, pan lube and powder coat. I prefer the toaster oven method for pan lubing and use a "cookie cutter" and Lee sizing dies. I cast for 8 handguns and 3 rifles, use quite a bit of Carnauba Red lube from White Label. Works quite well for me...

Unsized / Unlubed bullets
http://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=222&category=21&secondary=&keywords=

Before you completely toss out the idea of sizing, one of the reasons we cast is to gain more control over what we are doing. Being able to pick the size of your bullet can make a big difference in accuracy with some guns. If you don't want to lubersize, try tumble lubing and sizing with lee push through sizing dies. This is economical and fast.

If you ask nicely on castboolits, you may have someone send you a couple hundred unsized and unlubed bullets for little or nothing just to help out a new caster. If I cast for those calibers, I would send you some myself, but I don't shoot those newfangled guns.

Go over to Castboolits.com. There is a wealth of information on casting, lubing, lubes and getting sometimes hard to cast for calibers (particularly 9mm). If you're bullets fit your gun (fit is king), 9mm is no more difficult than any other caliber. The problem comes from too small and too hard a bullet causing leading, casting for multiple 9's (some slug at 0.355" some as big as 0.357"/0.358") and all sorts of chamber diameters and throat/leade dimensions.

Once you start casting you will have lots of otherwise worthless slugs to practice lubing. For 9 & 380 you could try tumble lube with Alox. It's a cheap and easy way to get started.

Second for castboolets.
Quality bunch that will hook you up.
And trying to get all the lube off existing lubed is not as easy as you would think

jeeptim said:

Second for castboolets.
Quality bunch that will hook you up.
And trying to get all the lube off existing lubed is not as easy as you would think

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Yeah really, just start casting. You'll have plenty of wrinkled and rounded base bullets for pan lube testing in no time.

Add a little pewter to your mix I add about 2% and pre heat your mold

I think I have given up on lubed bullets. I've been experimenting with powder coating and it dead simple to do. No more mess with sticky, greasy bullets.

Missouri offers some unlubed bullets but apparently they want the same price for them as the lubed ones.

Powder coat is the way to go, I think Lee lube n sizer is the simplest way to go.PM me if you want some dry cast 9mm .356

CC

doubleh said:

I think I have given up on lubed bullets. I've been experimenting with powder coating and it dead simple to do. No more mess with sticky, greasy bullets.

Missouri offers some unlubed bullets but apparently they want the same price for them as the lubed ones.

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I am still stuck on lubing and after my last range session I don't think this will change, especially for rifle bullets. Earlier this week I was pushing relatively soft (12 or so BHN) gas checked bullets that had been tumble lubed at speeds up to 1700FPS. No leading, perfect lube star on the crown, excellent accuracy with the right load, and when I went to clean the barrels all it took was a single pass with a bore snake. I probably did not even need to clean the barrels, to tell the truth.