Lee alox lube

[bfox]

Hi
Could you tell if the Lee alox Tumble lubing is any good .
I am new to casting and some one gave me a Lyman 450 but it is
missing a part . Money is tight right now
thought I would try the Lee.

Thanks Bill

 

[HSMITH]

Hi Bill, I use the tumble lube (Lee Liquid Alox, LLA) on 1500+ cast bullets per month. It works good when conditions are good. You need bullets that fit the cylinder throats or bore of an auto properly or larger, you need relatively low pressures and you need to keep the loads reasonable.

For instanceI shoot in 45 ACP: 200 grain SWC (non-tumble lube type, H&G68 style) tumbled in LLA until they show "color" from the lube, they look bronze when they are lubed well, over 3.8 grains of Clays with WLP primers in mixed brass. Leading is non-existant.

In 38 Special I shoot 140 SWC, 140 WC and 158 SWC-GC without the gascheck. I tumble lube them all in LLA and shoot them all with 3.1 grains of Clays and up. Leading doesn't happen.

I have had leading trouble with poorly fitted bullets and with hot loads. The LLA won't take a lot of velocity or pressure so stay mild on both and you can shoot thousands of rounds between cleanings easily.

 

[444]

I subscribe to a cast bullet list. I don't personally know anyone on it, but I assume they have a pretty good knowledge of cast bullets.
They pretty much all seem to love Liquid Alox.
Most of them, cut it with mineral spirts or alcohol to make it thinner.
I have used it to some extent, but don't have much to compare it to. I found out from that list that I am using way too much of it. I was coating my bullets with it to where it was very obvious that the bullets were covered with lube. Appearently you just want a very light coat.

 

[HogRider]

Lee Liquid Alox works great for me. Very little is needed. A light dusting with Mica powder after the lube has dried keeps the stickyness down.

 

[Pumpkinheaver]

I use it all the time on .38spl, .45acp and 45-70 bullets. Good stuff