Gooey tumble lubed bullets - wipe em?

[Bullseye]

I just loaded up these 40's with tumble lubed cast bullets.

My fingers are tacky, my seating die is probably gummy, and these will attract dirt. So can I wipe them off after seating as they appear here or is there any reason why I should leave this stuff on the exposed part of the bullet?

Does this help or hinder on the feed ramp of the barrel?

Do I only need the lower part lubed on these bullets.
I did shoot about 25 of these I made up the other day and my ramp was pretty dirty.
Thanks

 

[Reloadron]

I would use a rag with some mineral spirits and clean them off. Nothing there which is exposed will really make any contact with the gun sans the feed ramp. Lead is a lubricant.

Why does the grove on the single bullet not seem to have any lube in it? Maybe it's just me and the picture.

Ron

 

[Bullseye]

Why does the grove on the single bullet not seem to have any lube in it? Maybe it's just me and the picture.

The whole bullet has some kind of tumble tacky lube. The maker of them probably finds it much easier to tumble lube a whole batch than apply it to the groove one at a time. Sort of like what they call alox I guess.

I have used those Clorox bathroom towels to clean off other cast bullets once loaded in cases but those were for rifle cartridges and I see no reason that the surface of those need lubed. Don't see much reason here either.
Just wanna be sure.

 

[Reloadron]

Yeah, then if the tacky sticky stuff bothers you wipe it off. Not going to matter plus as you mentioned the feed ramp will be happy.

Ron

 

[Bullseye]

Thanks, I'm half way thru cleaning em already

 

[jaysouth]

Read the first two and last two pages of this thread. You will never use un-cut alox again.

I lube WW hard alloy bullets twice, gas check, and go up to 1,800 fps with no leading.

Does anyone remember what the head of a strike-anywhere match looks like? A gob of BLL about that size will lube 50 bullets and dry in a couple of hours.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?259285-NEW-!-!-T-L-Liquid-Lube

 

[Bullseye]

Thanks, I read most of those 4 pages.
Interesting but I bought these already "lubed".
If I ever end up with alox and some naked bullets ...
I'll probably try that method, and get the Johnsons floor wax shown there, but my post was about whether there was any need for the sticky lube on the conical part of the bullets I used.
They are all clean now except for what is down inside the case. I'll sleep better tonight. OCD was acting up.

 

[LiveLife]

I have found a little bit of Hoppes #9 solvent on paper towel does wonders to remove/wipe off lube off lead bullets.

 

[ku4hx]

After my tumbled lubed boolits have dried, I put them in a HD plastic freezer bag and add a small amount of Motor Mica. Roll them around on a towel and they come out with that Pewter look and the tackiness is gone. I usually fill a one gallon bag 1/3 to 1/2 full and use what MM a small blade screwdriver will lift out of the can.

You can do any lubed boolits this way ... yours or store bought.

 

[stubbicatt]

I've done the tumble lube thing. Get better results pan lubing with Emmeritt's formula, and doesn't take that much longer to do it right.

 

[jaguarxk120]

I wonder how many of the long range black powder shooters put their precision cast bullets in a bag and bang them around to lube the bullets.

 

[Fatelvis]

I wonder how many of the long range black powder shooters put their precision cast bullets in a bag and bang them around to lube the bullets.

I wonder how many are using their 40S&W to engage targets at 500-1000yds! Lol
Just kiddin

 

[DaisyCutter]

I'd probably cycle a few cartrkdges through the chamber several times each to make sure they don't try to setback with those gooey bullets.

 

[jaguarxk120]

With all that lube on the bullets and cycling cartridges through a gun you would have to clean the chamber and barrel before shooting.