swageing lubes

[olafhardt]

I made a little die to swag Lee 90 grain tl's into 32 colt heeled boolits, it seems to work but I think it coujd profit from a different lube than the LLA on the boolits. Does anyone have reccomendations?

[DukeInFlorida]

Do you mean a lube for the swaging operation? Or for after the bullets are swaged?

For the swaging operation itself, I make up a mixture of 50% anhydrous lanolin (see Randy Rat, one of the sponsors on this site, link below) and 59% Militec-1 Gun Lube (see link below)

I always have the Militec-1 around. It's what I use for lube on all my guns.

I heat the anhydrous lanolin in a pan until melted, and then stir in the militec-1, and stir a lot to blend. I pour the mixture into 35mm film canisters. A little goes a very long way. It's very slippery.

Link for Randy Rat's anhydrous lanolin:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=96820

Link for Militec-1:
http://www.militec1.com/

[runfiverun]

i think he wants a boolit lube in the grooves so he doesn't lose it when swaging the heel on the boolit.
any lube will hold up in the swager that will fill the lube grooves.
i have swaged lubed boolits with just about every one of my lubes in the grooves.
even straight b-wax/candle wax/parrafin in the little rings should keep them from crushing.
they might deform and be wavy when swaging but they still work fine.

[DukeInFlorida]

Well, his starting casting has tumble lube grooves on it, so he's not gonna get any wax in those grooves, especially not after swaging.

You're stuck with Alox.