What is the BEST ie: CHEAPEST lube that is useable up to say 950fps? Homemade or commercial don't matter to me! 45 acp would be my pet load. Thanks!
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What is the BEST ie: CHEAPEST lube that is useable up to say 950fps? Homemade or commercial don't matter to me! 45 acp would be my pet load. Thanks!
Looking for Ideal mold 419181 (44 Evans Long)
"Joined Dates" are deceiving if you factor-in "lurk" dates.
Best and cheap ( as in the purchase of a parachute ) don't always go together.
Many of us will need more info. before we will have much of a chance of offering an accurate answer to your question.
What style of bullet are you using ?
Tumble lube design, conventional lube groove design ? ?
Do you plan on pan lubing, using a lube sizer or neither ?
You've left out many pieces of the puzzle .
Last edited by Ben; 02-16-2015 at 10:18 PM.
I have found the White Lube is a economical as any. You can lube a whole lot of bullets with $30.00 of lube.(shipping included). I don't think you can buy ingredients,get pots and pans and mix up something that will save you money. Their lube can be bought for $2.30 or so a tube IIRC.
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Heard of 45-45-10?
What's wrong with LLA? I use it on everything. .38, .45, even 30-06 and 30-30 to 1800fps (gas checked). You can lube thousands of boolits with one bottle.
Emrah
There are cheap lubes that are also good lubes. Lars White Label lubes are both economical and good lubes - if you are going to buy lube. 357 Maximum's 666 lube is in the avant of good lubes and is made from cheap common materials, as are Geargnashers SL68, and FWFL. Consider that cheap by itself is probly self defeating as good lubes in general don't cost much, while cheap lubes can also be poor lubes, and ruin your accuracy.
In a game where I invest good money, and loads aren't cheap, and where I also invest much personal time, and where deficient loads (from any cause) WILL impact my sucessful enjoyment - worrying about cheap lube is just plain stoopid.
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My time is worth a lot more than what I pay for White Label Lubes. No guess work and no mess. His lubes are some of the best deals around.
I did make some BLL because it's by far the easiest one to make. And I had to do something w/ the bottle of Alox I had sitting around. I loathe the smell of it so I'm hoping BLL doesn't smell as bad when shooting.
All boolit lube is cheap compared to the other components. Don't strain at a gnat.
762
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White Label. I use BAC for all handgun rounds but you could probably use 50/50 as well. I agree that White Label is a good deal and I see no reason to make lube when I can buy it at very little cost.
762 shooter said it best, "All boolit lube is cheap compared to the other components. Don't strain at a gnat."
When I first got into casting I used a recipe on this forum under the lube recipe thread I think....Darr lube perhaps? anyway its equal parts parafin wax and vasoline with a teaspoon of stp (I ended up using ATF cause its what I had). Box of gulf wax and vasoline at the supermarket maybe totaled $7...I made a hollow stick mold and made a whole bunch of hollow sticks that im still using 18 months later. Figure there was maybe 10,000+ bullets worth of lube in it. Have found it to work well, though a bit smokey.
Wonder if the OP has come back to see the replies to his questions ?
I see he has not made a 2nd post ? ?
Isn't the best the one that works for your needs?
For 45 ACP I bet at least one member here would use 50/05 vaseline/beeswax. Adjust percentages to get the handling properties you want.
You will learn far more at the casting, loading, and shooting bench than you ever will at a computer bench.
The search engine on this forum would offer the OP with much more information than has already been posted.
Yes. Like Google, the search engine is your friend.
You will learn far more at the casting, loading, and shooting bench than you ever will at a computer bench.
Lla, bll, 45/45/10.
Yes, if he has a bullet that fits the bore , any of those 3 would work.Originally Posted by Love Life
Ben
What style of bullet are you using ? round nose w/gc and the other is a semi wc solid base
Tumble lube design, conventional lube groove design ? ? both are conventional lube groove design
Do you plan on pan lubing, using a lube sizer or neither ? lubrasizer (Saeco or RCBS) I have both
You've left out many pieces of the puzzle . sorry bout that!
Looking for Ideal mold 419181 (44 Evans Long)
"Joined Dates" are deceiving if you factor-in "lurk" dates.
Earth to O/P, are you there? Ben's Liquid Lube.
Pretty much although I've abandoned LLA and 45/45/10 in favor of BLL for all pistol. It's much easier to make and a little go's a long ways
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JPW Runs about $5-6 a can . Does alot. See JPW thread Great results with Johnson Paste Wax > use it on all my cast pistol loads 1000 fps or less. Also 45-70 at 1200 fpsMy 2 cents
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