Missouri & Falcon cast pistol bullets - are they lubed?

[editingfx]

Just getting back to reloading after a long break & getting to using some MBC & Falcon cast lead bullets I ordered in 2013.

I'm trying to find out if these came lubed from vendors? MBC's current FAQs say they are lubed. But it's 10 years from when I bought 'em. Falcon went out of business in 2020.

Sent inquiries via their websites but thought could get an answer here. And may not get an answer from Falcon of course.

I guess a followup would be - would it cause any problem if I rolled them in Lee Alox anyway?

 

[mdi]

Do you have any bullets on hand? Look at the bullst and there should be a colored wax ring on the body od the bullet. That's lube. Some bullet manufacturers will sell un-lubed bullets, on request, but all the commercial cast bullets I've seen are lubed. Adding alox won't hurt anything and may help the old lube work better...

 

[editingfx]

OK, so it was my misunderstanding... yes, all the cast lead bullets I've bought have lube in the ring, but I thought it was recommended to coat them in Alox to help prevent leading. So that's not needed at all?

 

[mdi]

Not needed if the lube already on the properly sized bullet and a load that normally doesn't lead the barrel, the original lube is OK. If the lube has dried out and looks like a crayon with chunks missing, alox would be a good idea. Or just "shotgun" it and add alox just in case. I would Ioad and shoot mebbe 20 and see if the lube is working. If you get leading then dip 20 in thinned alox and load/shoot...

 

[editingfx]

Gotcha. Maybe I'll keep to my process of rolling in Alox. Sounds like no foul (haha) if I do.