Rooster Jacket Lube?

[ShooterAZ]

I need a few opinions on this product. I'm a still new at this, and when I ordered my molds, bought two big bottles of this stuff. After reading and studying a bunch here I mixed up a batch of the 45/45/10 and have been using it. My early comparison right now is that the Rooster Jacket works a LOT better...I'm wondering if anyone else uses it...not finding much in here about it. Need second and third opinions please! Thanks...

[Hamish]

Firearm, calibre, projectile, powder, sized as loaded, lubing procedure, powder charge, distance tested, group size, ?????????????

It's important.

[btroj]

I can make it very simple for you. If it works for your applications then use it. That simple.

I have grown to appreciate the 45/45/10 for low velocity, high volume handgun bullets. It is so fast and easy to lube 1500 bullets that it makes sense. Never used Rooster jacket, can't say anything about it.

[stubshaft]

I bought some years ago when I was shooting silly wett on the recommendation of a friend. I used it in my 7TCU, 30 Herrett, 30/30 and 7X42 wildcat and was not impressed by it. It did not stop them from leading although the loads with lube normally applied did not lead at all. I ended up using it to prep the bore and to lube PP boolits.

In all fairness I did not use it to lube moderate handgun loads.

[ku4hx]

Think I'll just go with the same comments I gave ya here:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=140556&highlight=Rooster+Jacket

"I've never tried Rooster Jacket since I found no need to. Having no volatile solvents yet being a liquid tells me it's likely water based. Nothing inherently wrong with that, it just sounds a lot like water based paint to me."

[imashooter2]

I use it for my competition loads in .38 Special and .45 ACP. At 800 - 900 fps it works very well. It dries quick, hard and clean and smokes less than LLA. But LLA and LLA/JPW are superior lubricants and will still work long after RJ has failed (I've shot LLA over 2,000 fps without issue).

[ShooterAZ]

Thanks...

I've been struggling with the dirtiness of the 45/45/10. It does work OK, but seems to leave a lot of fouling. Maybe I just didn't get the mix just right. The Rooster Jacket leaves the bore bright & shiny...no fouling at all.

I have tried both lubes in .38 Special, .45ACP, and .44Mag. all with Lee TL boolits. I pour a little RJ in a small bowl and just hand dip the boolits up to the shoulder. I then place them nose up on a plastic bag to dry. I do just a couple hundred at a time, so it's no too much of a pain.

Still experimenting...

[imashooter2]

I tumble the RJ onto conventional design boolits 400 - 500 at a time in an old square plastic Planters Peanut jar and spread them on a trash bag to dry. Handling each boolit individually defeats the major advantage of film lube...

[geargnasher]

+1 on the trash bag. Waxed paper gets expensive, and I have a roll of Uber-cheap trash bags that are thinner than plastic grocery sacks and not stretchy at all, totally useless for their intended purpose but I have a lifetime supply of large boolit drying surfaces. Wad them up and toss them when they get too gummy.

Gear

[williamwaco]

I have used Rooster Jacket in the 9mm, .38 Spec and .357 Magnum. I have found it to be completely effective.

One thing I like about it is that it dries completely dry.

Two things I don't like:
It dries completely dry AND completely invisible.
I cannot tell visually after it has dried if a bullet is lubbed or not.

I find it much more difficult to clean out of my seating die than Lee Liquid Alox.