How little BP lube for pistol cartridge in a revolver

[Coconino]

I have used the BigLube bullets and black powder in .45 Colt in my revolvers with good success but want to move to a 230 gr and .45 Scofield brass to roughly duplicate the military ball load M 1875. I use the tallow-beeswax-pariffin homemade lube.

I wonder if the smaller lube grooves seen in molds throwing bullets of this weight will haul enough lube for a 7 1/2" barrel. I have a J.W.Cusey .45 255 gr mold with the two narrow lube grooves I might test with.

Any one tried it?

[Don McDowell]

Yes they will. If you can find them the Remington bulk 250 gr lead bullets work just fine.

[17nut]

If you want to sneak in a little extra then dip the finished exposed bullets in melted bullet lube, like a 22LR.
I do that for my .455 Webley and it works like a treat.

[Coconino]

Thanks for the reply. I also have a RCBS mold with two grooves to experiment with.

[Don McDowell]

The rcbs 250 kt works just fine black, the key thing is use a good bp lube.

[John Barleycorn]

If you were to switch to APP you would no longer need to worry about bullet lube.