194 GOEX .45 Colt Rounds

[krinko]

I have a stainless Remington with a conversion cylinder and 194 rounds of factory GOEX .45 Colt.
It's 194 rounds because I shot off six of the original 200 before the cylinder started to seize up on the fouling. This was not what I was expecting; I assumed there would be internal lubrication on the bullets.

So how do I keep the thing running?
Stuff the front of the cylinder with Crisco?
Coat the bullets with wax, like this Austrian 11mm?



What was/is the usual practice?
-----krinko

PS. Is it just because it's stainless steel?

 

[noelf2]

Make sure you grease the cylinder pin. If you reload those spent Goex rounds, use a wax cookie or lubed wonder wad between the powder and bullet. If you still have problems, you can cut shallow rings around the cylinder face end of the cylinder pin to help hold the grease and give the fouling a place to go rather than bind up the cylinder.

 

[krinko]

Ah, grease instead of oil. Thank you, I'll try that.
-----k.

 

[rodwha]

With a cap n ball cylinder my Remington would freeze up during the third cylinder. I was instructed to try Ballistol on the pin, and since then it just keeps on running smoothly. I do reapply it periodically.

 

[damoc]

I put bullet lube over the bullets even with conversion cyl also a pea size quantity to cyl pin hole with each cyl.

I actually prefer just lard to the cyl pin hole