Synthetic Motor Oil for lube?
Ok, I am allowed one dumb question since I am a newbie, so here it is (maybe)
Can I use Synthetic Motor Oil (e.g., 5w-30) as a bullet lube? I have a pint of it handy, and thought it would work well on big cast bullets such as 45-70 500 grainers. I'd just be pushing them about 1100-1200 fps max.
Plan would be to tumble them in warm oil to coat them, let them sit a bit and toss them on a paper towel to get the excess oil off.
Any thoughts? I see that Castor Oil is used as the basis for a bunch of other lube recipes.
I don't really want to deal with pan lubing.
The other lube I have is Lee Alox, which works pretty well.
Thanks!