To lube or not to Lube

[Jevyod]

I have a Harbor Freight powder coating gun, and in the past I have powder-coated some 420 grain slugs for my 45-70. I also got some lube, but never tried it on my 45-70. I will soon be casting some boolits from a mold I traded for. It is the NOE 360-230-RF. It has a nice wide meplat and should take deer nicely. I plan on shooting it out of a 358 Winchester, hoping for 2200-2300 fps. I am wondering if anybody has ever done a definitive accuracy test on traditional lube vs powder-coat. The lube I have on hand is White Label Carnauba Red 2700 in a custom purple color. I do not have a Lubrisizer, so I would probably attempt to pan lube. I thought I remember reading that traditional lubed bullets are easier to get to shoot well over powder-coat. But I could be wrong. In my limited powder-coating experience, it seemed to go ok. I could get the 45-70 to shoot 1 3/4 inch at 100 yards, but that was at only 1550 fps or so. It will probably be pretty close to season until I get my gun, and I will have limited time to make it work for this season.
Wasn't sure where to put this so I put it in both Lube and Powder-coat section.

[FredBuddy]

1. My Marlin 1895 CB likes the Lyman 292 gr boolit,
powder coated just fine. But then, it likes lubed
just fine also.

2. I have 7 30-30's. Some prefer lubed, some prefer
powder coated. Some plain based, some gaschecked.
Then there's the Marlin 30AS that insists on powder
coated, checked and lubed.

3. Isn't your 45-70 load more than adequate for deer?

[Jevyod]

3. Isn't your 45-70 load more than adequate for deer?

Ah yes it is. But I sold the gun to my brother in order to buy a Christmas gift for my fiancee a few years ago! I know....but she is worth it!!

[fcvan]

3. Isn't your 45-70 load more than adequate for deer?

Ah yes it is. But I sold the gun to my brother in order to buy a Christmas gift for my fiancee a few years ago! I know....but she is worth it!!

I have lubed for years with Javalina but switched to White label carnuba red. Since I started ASBBPC/ESPC I haven't touched my lube-sizer in years. For me, I haven't had any of my weapons shoot better with lube over PC. YMMV