Looking for some information on bullet lubes

[Griff56]

I am looking for a commercial bullet lube for my cowboy action shooting. I shoot three calibers, .44-40, .44 Special and .45 Colt. all 200 grain lead bullets and all smokeless powders.
All of my loads are below 1000 FPS and are mild loads.

I am looking for a good groove lube that will help with the lead bullets.

I guess I don't really understand the theory of lubes very well.

At one time I did
quite a bit of shooting with black powder using bees wax and crisco and pure lead bullets. But this seems to be different with the Cowboy thing.

Any thoughts on the lube?

Oh yes, I will be pan lubing the bullets.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Jim Watson]

The only thing I have ever pan lubed with was SPG, but that only for BPCR. Mike Venturino says it works for smokeless, though.

 

[243winxb]

All 50/50 lubes of beeswax and alox will work, most melt at 130 degrees. See post #9 here http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3053024 Tumble lubing with Alox or Xlox http://www.lsstuff.com/lube/liquid-x.html will work well with any cast bullet. Lube as cast and load or lube, size, lube 2nd time and load. Follow Lee instructions .

Liquid Alox application

Best results in applying liquid alox are when the alox is heated before applying, or thinned with paint thinner. This makes it flow more easily, and results in a more even coat. One technique is to boil water and pour it into a coffee mug, and then drop the bottle of liquid alox into the mug for about five minutes.

Place your freshly cast bullets into something about the size of a Cool Whip bowl and drop a few drops of liquid Alox on the bullets. Mix the bullets around until they are all coated. Lay the freshly coated bullets on some wax paper to dry. Liquid alox will usually dry enough overnight to reload the next day, depending upon the humidity. Tacky bullets can be dusted with powdered graphite.

If you subscribe to the "more is better" line of thought, your coated bullets may never dry. Don't go for a "golden" color but rather just a light varnish. If you discover that your bullets are sticky the next day, you can get by with using a little less the next time. Keep reducing until the "stickiness" is gone by the next day.

If you are sizing your cast bullets, it is necessary to lube them first. Because the sizer will remove some of the surface of a larger diameter bullet, you may need to re-lubricate the bullets after they have been sized.

Many of our bullets are of the "TL" or Tumble Lube design. These bullets have many shallow grooves that are perfect for allowing Liquid Alox to adhere to a great amount of surface. It has been reported that the accuracy of these bullets is high.

 

[lgbloader]

This works pretty good for what you are doing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDFO0ftCQc

I suggest double boiler.

LGB

 

[GP100man]

white label lubes none better & $$ is rite.
i don`t have the link info now but ya can google it .
or go to http://castboolits.gunloads.com/ & look at the bottom of the page for a link to lars 45 stuff.

GP100man

 

[Griff56]

Thanks to you all for the tips. I will report on my progress when I get it started.
Thanks again. You guys are great.