Whiterabbit
12-11-2011, 06:30 PM
I hijacked a couple threads in the past asking about leading and did not want to bump them just to thank the folks here. It's solved.
Opening up the sizing die to .0005 less than throat diameter and changing lube was sufficient to solve the problem. I went from LLA tumble lubing to pan lubing with a mix of *something like* 40/40/20 grocery store paraffin, home depot toilet bowl wax gaskets, and high-smoke-point home cooking oil (I think I used peanut? maybe canola.) night and day difference, AND no more smoky rounds at the range.
Now I have a lubrisizer (with no die yet) to play with in the near future too.
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Do I still have leading? You bet! BUT, I push two Hoppes #9 soaked patches through and one dry patch (dry patch goes through 3-4 times) and any lead is OUT.
That's a far cry from the way it was before, using multiple lead-out chemicals, brushes, an hour of time to get 90% of it out, yadda-yadda-yadda....
Now I just have to see if group sizes open up as I shoot. See if I can't stretch cleanings apart farther and farther and farther.
You guys rock.
(and my warne rings that arrived last Friday are amazing too, compared the the stock ultradot rings.)
Opening up the sizing die to .0005 less than throat diameter and changing lube was sufficient to solve the problem. I went from LLA tumble lubing to pan lubing with a mix of *something like* 40/40/20 grocery store paraffin, home depot toilet bowl wax gaskets, and high-smoke-point home cooking oil (I think I used peanut? maybe canola.) night and day difference, AND no more smoky rounds at the range.
Now I have a lubrisizer (with no die yet) to play with in the near future too.
----------------
Do I still have leading? You bet! BUT, I push two Hoppes #9 soaked patches through and one dry patch (dry patch goes through 3-4 times) and any lead is OUT.
That's a far cry from the way it was before, using multiple lead-out chemicals, brushes, an hour of time to get 90% of it out, yadda-yadda-yadda....
Now I just have to see if group sizes open up as I shoot. See if I can't stretch cleanings apart farther and farther and farther.
You guys rock.
(and my warne rings that arrived last Friday are amazing too, compared the the stock ultradot rings.)