storage age

[686]

what would a good max of years to store bullets lubed to where the lube would still be good. i know it depends on the lube but if it were the top 5 lubes what length? also how long in years to store un sized bullets and not be to dard to size? i want to cast up about 10,000 bullets each of the 5-8 styles i load and shoot, pack them away and just make a few along as i need them. i am using ruster bright zambies lube. thanks

[NuJudge]

I'm regularly shooting .38 and .366 bullets I cast and lubed 25 and 30 years ago. No problem.

Keep the bullets in a dry place.

CDD

[nemo]

I am shooting boolets I cast 25 to 35 years ago,25cal in 256 Win mag,357 Herret ,7mag .the alox lubed runoff in heat I live in southern Az. LBT blue is still good no leading.

[garandsrus]

I have some cast boolits I bought from an estate that have what looks like 50/50 lube in them. The lube is dry and not of any use. I will end up melting them down. They were packed in cardboard boxes. I don't know how old they were...

I think the secret is to use a more modern lube that won't dry out. Keeping the boolits in an airtight container would probably help quite a bit also.

John

[mroliver77]

I have some boolits Willbird gave me his father owned and he has been gone long time. Dark lube, looks dry,very hard boolit(210gr .30cal lyman) the shoot great and no leading. They were stored in a box made from a waxed box.
J

[mtgrs737]

I use 16mm x 400 foot film cans to store lubed boolits. I have some that are 25 years old and are still clean and the lube is soft and tacky just like the day they were put in the cans. 35 mm cans work well for rifle boolits as they are deeper.

[jhrosier]

I recently found some .45 Colt boolits that I bought back in the mid 70s.
The lube was cracked and shrunken but they shot as well as any that I have ever loaded.

Jack