Oil for Slugging

[jonp]

Im going to slug the barrel on my 30-30 with a soft 358 boolit and this may be a silly question but does the type of oil i use to coat the barrel first matter? Ive read the threads and did not see this in one. I cant see how one oil would be better than another but you never know.

Im going to use Kroil i think unless there is a reason not to

[Outpost75]

Kroil is fine. So is ordinary light mineral oil.

[lwknight]

I spray a little shot of dillon case lube and slug while its still wet. Its just beeswax thinned with alcohol.
Baby oil mixed with mineral spirits works great too and cleans the bore while you are slugging it.

[JWFilips]

I use lanolin on the slug and wiped in the bore

[CPL Lou]

I use STP Oil treatment.
I clean it out using brake cleaner though. Don't want any of that stuff still in the barrel when you go shooting !

CPL Lou

[Pinsnscrews]

I have Engine Assembly Lube at hand, so I used that. Since it was made to with stand tight tolerances in a cold engine, figured this would be perfect for it.

[leftiye]

I've never used oil.

[captaint]

All of the above will work just fine. If it were me, I would roll that boolit on a plate or something really flat and hard to get it down to maybe .320 or so. Should be easier to start in the muzzle that way. just a thought. Mike

[dondiego]

I was thinking he should start with a smaller diameter lead bullet, sinker, or buckshot as well.

[jonp]

There seems to be different opinions on the size to start with. Some say next caliber up, some always use 50Cal. That seems to be pretty hard to me. I thought the boolit profile would help to start it and with PB would work nicely.

[Uncle Grinch]

I was thinking he should start with a smaller diameter lead bullet, sinker, or buckshot as well.
That's my method. I bump them up with my vise to just a little larger than my groove diameter.

[hiram]

If you took an empty 30 carbine case, filled it with soft lead and used a kinetic (hammer style) bullet puller to get the slug out of the case, that would be a good. You could bump that up a little in a vise, or as you start the slugging process, it will bump up.

[spec234]

I used the method hiram posted and it works really well. As far as oil, I just used gun grease (no special reason, I had it laying around).

[Springfield]

I use lead balls and some wd-40.

[Garyshome]

What ever kind of oil you have lying around!

[jonp]

I have some 358 boolits so was going to use one but i sure can make a smaller slug.

[kryogen]

engine oil works fine

[mpbarry1]

geez. im doing it wrong. lol. i just squirt some penetrating oil down the barrel and dip the bullet in some stg grease, drive an oversize deadsoft bullet down there. :) works like a champ.

[62chevy]

Hoppe's #9 gun oil for or you could use 3 n 1 oil but Hoppe's smell better.

[Shiloh]

What ever kind of oil you have lying around!

Sounds good.

Think I used Breakfree or Kroil

Shiloh

[jonp]

If you took an empty 30 carbine case, filled it with soft lead and used a kinetic (hammer style) bullet puller to get the slug out of the case, that would be a good. You could bump that up a little in a vise, or as you start the slugging process, it will bump up.
Now that you mention that I just bought some brass from zman and in the 357Mag was a 30 Carbine. Maybe he is clairvoyant and saw what was going to happen!