I got 2 tubes of super moly with the casting kit and since it was about 20 degrees in the garage i used it thinking it would flow better in the 450 sizer, it did! But now i wonder if it will liquefy in hot weather and contaminate the powder?
I got 2 tubes of super moly with the casting kit and since it was about 20 degrees in the garage i used it thinking it would flow better in the 450 sizer, it did! But now i wonder if it will liquefy in hot weather and contaminate the powder?
According to the Lyman web site . . . it says it won't melt at 130 . . .
It works in warm weather, it's just the blackest stuff you ever tried to get out of your barrel.
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...and -- in my experience -- almost impossible to wash off my hands -- even using Lava soap.
it'll melt at 150 though.
it's an okay lube and bout as good as anything you can buy.
some don't like the moly [shrug] and it is a super fine grind they use.
having said that.
I spent a lot of time duplicating the lube, then finally surpassing it in temp swing usefulness.
Its a decent lube....flows easily in cold weather....maybe flows a little too easily in hot weather
never had any issues when I've used it.
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I have never used it but I have a neighbor that swears by it. When our 200 yard range was still open I watched him shooting at a target with a 4" black bull with his 7-08. All holes were in the black clustered very nicely at 200. I was impressed.
Thanks for your responses people, i cleaned it off my fingers with lacquer thinner. I used it to lube 30 or so .224`s for my 222 to shoot at 200 yds in cccold weather here in NH. Though i`m not a hunter i like to shoot at a variety of weather conditions to round out my experience. The load i`m planning is 20.5 BLC2/WSR/WW case under a hardcast 55/GC with the moly @ approx 2500. Normally i use Orange Magic but i used it up.
It,s my standard lube for .22 Hornet & .222 Rem. I have stiffened it up a bit by adding beeswax & anhyd. lanolin.
as a commercial lube it's perhaps one of the better ones and until i started making lubes it was my go to lube for anything above mid level pistol loads, yup it's messy and has an aroma , the mess i could deal with ,the aroma ...was harder lolz and led me to greener pastures
carb cleaner followed by kroil gets it out of a bore in decent fashion ( as it does for most moly's )
never had it contaminate the primer/powder but ... i always made sure to wipe the bases down/off
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I've shot some very good groups with it. The only thing I have to add is it will dry out on boolits if stored for an extended period of time.
It's not good for long term storage, but I like it as a rifle lube very much, especially for an old Turkish Mauser with a very rough bore. I can't find another lube that will beat if for that application, although I have never tried to drive it at max velocity.
It smells like theatrical greasepaint and it reminds me of the camo makeup the military uses.
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I'm about to go out to the garage and melt the remains of the Lyman Super Moly out of my 4500 with the intent of switching back to an NRA 50/50 lube. I like the Lyman Moly for ease of use definitely although I have plugged the heater in when it's cold just to make life simpler. I'm switching to rule out lube as a problem with my 30-30 which will print a trash can lid at 100 yards scoped. If it's as I suspect and not the lube I'll be buying a different mold than the 311041.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |