Steven Youngblood
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I make lube wads for my Uberti Colt Walker.
I use an empty 45 long colt case as a punch, with an old used roto tool-grinding wheel as a plunger, that way I can punch them out in groups of 6.
I then cut a small strip of wax paper and just put one on the paper and fold back and forth until all 6 are in a little stack, ready for the storage box.
That way when I go out shooting, I just set a stack out and go to loading.
When punched out with a 45 long colt case the cookies fit perfectly in the chamber.
Now why would I go to so much trouble? I learned the hard way about not enough bullet lube.
I shoot a 50 cal smoke pole, at the beginning of deer season every year. (Any excuse to get in the woods.)
Well, I bought this really neat mini ball bullet mold.
I cast a bunch of those bad boys, hollow base; the test fit on each showed that all would fit in the muzzle no problem.
I grabbed my possible bag and headed out to do some test firing.
I greased up the first one with bore butter, eased her down on a 55 grain test load, and let fly. Don’t get me wrong, I love bore butter, the stuff is great, but it just was not enough, as I quickly found out when trying to load the next round, I broke my bullet starter trying to get the next round down the bore. A victim of the dreaded lead and powder fouling.
It took what seamed like forever to get the barrel clean again.
The next time out I made some lube wads for under the round, and used the same lube on the mini balls, and have not had the problem since.
But what about the walker.
I lube the conicals by pan lubing, using the method from "http://www.jspublications.net/tips/BPLoading.pdf" and use the left over lube to make the wads. I just re-melt what is in the pan, in a dbl boiler and re-pour it into the pan and wait until it cools, but not rock hard. If you wait to long the lube cracks when punch out.
I put a wad under both the conical and round ball.
I use bore butter on the conicals with the wads and on the round balls, old habits and all.
I have never had a flash ignite another chamber, but still like something over the powder. The same thing as having a fire extinguisher in the house, never had to use it but it is there anyway.
As for accurcy, I am ex-navy, I use to drink coffee from a cup big enough to float a whole dounut, and I have 4 children and 6 grandchildren.
I point at the target and squeeze the trigger as the target goes by.
That is why I like big guns with big bullets; I don't have to be that accurate, close works just fine.
There are more photos on " The Official THR Walker Club" thread on this site
I use an empty 45 long colt case as a punch, with an old used roto tool-grinding wheel as a plunger, that way I can punch them out in groups of 6.
I then cut a small strip of wax paper and just put one on the paper and fold back and forth until all 6 are in a little stack, ready for the storage box.
That way when I go out shooting, I just set a stack out and go to loading.
When punched out with a 45 long colt case the cookies fit perfectly in the chamber.
Now why would I go to so much trouble? I learned the hard way about not enough bullet lube.
I shoot a 50 cal smoke pole, at the beginning of deer season every year. (Any excuse to get in the woods.)
Well, I bought this really neat mini ball bullet mold.
I cast a bunch of those bad boys, hollow base; the test fit on each showed that all would fit in the muzzle no problem.
I grabbed my possible bag and headed out to do some test firing.
I greased up the first one with bore butter, eased her down on a 55 grain test load, and let fly. Don’t get me wrong, I love bore butter, the stuff is great, but it just was not enough, as I quickly found out when trying to load the next round, I broke my bullet starter trying to get the next round down the bore. A victim of the dreaded lead and powder fouling.
It took what seamed like forever to get the barrel clean again.
The next time out I made some lube wads for under the round, and used the same lube on the mini balls, and have not had the problem since.
But what about the walker.
I lube the conicals by pan lubing, using the method from "http://www.jspublications.net/tips/BPLoading.pdf" and use the left over lube to make the wads. I just re-melt what is in the pan, in a dbl boiler and re-pour it into the pan and wait until it cools, but not rock hard. If you wait to long the lube cracks when punch out.
I put a wad under both the conical and round ball.
I use bore butter on the conicals with the wads and on the round balls, old habits and all.
I have never had a flash ignite another chamber, but still like something over the powder. The same thing as having a fire extinguisher in the house, never had to use it but it is there anyway.
As for accurcy, I am ex-navy, I use to drink coffee from a cup big enough to float a whole dounut, and I have 4 children and 6 grandchildren.
I point at the target and squeeze the trigger as the target goes by.
That is why I like big guns with big bullets; I don't have to be that accurate, close works just fine.
There are more photos on " The Official THR Walker Club" thread on this site