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Thread: What about the powder that's stuck to the lube?

  1. 12-30-2009, 06:16 PM #1
    ghh3rd
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    What about the powder that's stuck to the lube?

    It seems that some of us don't worry about having lube such as Alox on the bottom a boolit. Does the powder that gets stuck to the bottom of the boolit ignite and contribute to the uniform pressure desired from one round to another?

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  2. 12-30-2009, 07:15 PM #2
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    with some rifle loads powder will stack up under the bullet and is considered part of the ejecta weight,it is burned as it goes down the bbl.
    in a revolver i'd bet the powder is burnt when the primer is fired.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ghh3rd View Post
    ...Does the powder that gets stuck to the bottom of the boolit ignite... ?

    Randy
    Yes. Alox does not prevent the combustion of powder granules that adhere to it. Those powder granules will burn just fine.
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