I have used the Javalina 50/50 for my entire casting career. I have about 15 sticks left. When its gone, what is a good drop in replacement. It was the first and only lube I ever tried. It simply works.
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I have used the Javalina 50/50 for my entire casting career. I have about 15 sticks left. When its gone, what is a good drop in replacement. It was the first and only lube I ever tried. It simply works.
Good stuff here https://www.lsstuff.com/ 2500 is the bee's knees
TAC 1 by Randy rat here in the vendors section.
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Elpatoloco,
welcome to the forum.
Glenn's 50/50 is about as close as you will get to Javalina 50/50, I bet you can't tell the difference.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
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Is this sold in a store or made by someone here?Originally Posted by JonB_in_Glencoe
see the link in kungfustyle's post.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Javelina was commercially made many years ago. Still have some.
The Alox used then is no longer available i believe is why it isn't available now.
Last edited by bishopgrandpa; 02-08-2020 at 05:18 PM. Reason: mpre info
Yes the 2500+ by White Label is going to be as close as you can get. Having used both, I think 2500+ is even a better lube IMO.
I also have used javelina since the late '60s. It has been a wonderful lube for everything cast bullet from 300 fps upwards of 3000 fps. With Javelina lube I have never had any leading and it always gives the best in accuracy. I conducted an extensive HV test of 13 different lube a couple years back. The results were chronicled and posted on this forum in the RPM Threshold series of threads. I am down to my last 6 sticks of Javelina myself saving it for my CBA match bullets.
While I've not found any lube better than Javelina I have found a couple lubes "as good" though. The White Label NRA 50/50 lube is as good as is 2500+. More and more I am just using 2500+ on all my rifle bullets and find it is excellent on pistol bullets as well. For a few years I've used BAC on all my pistol bullets but I'm down to my last tube of BAC and will switch to 2500+ and see how it does on 300 fps to 1500 fps cast bullets in handguns.
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