rlaw34776
09-07-2007, 04:05 PM
First of all I "ain't" no old caster from way back so my lack of experience may skew my results. None the less this is what I have experienced.
Before I read all of the "must" lube else you will die conversations I used some stuff called Drop Out by Frankford Arsenal, I sprayed it on my bullets loaded them and had a ball at the range. No leading, accurate shots or as accurate as I normally shoot anyway.
Then I started reading all about lubes and decided well I must lube or else.
So then I bought this junk called Alox. What a mess! I followed the directions and even asked for advice from others that had used and loved the stuff. Either I have missed something with this stuff or it is highly over rated. None the less I took my Alox lubed bullets to the range and got the same results, no lead and accurate shots.
After having the sticky experience and after reading some more info from the more experienced casters I decide to whip up some lube of my own and give it a try. I melted one pound of bees wax and one pound of parafin and added three table spoons of Crisco shortening. Did the old pan lube trick, punched them out and then loaded them this morning.
I just got back from the range having shot 200 rounds.
Same results as all the others, no leading, accurate shots.
My question is, is all of this lube stuff that big of a deal or am I just lucky?
Maybe it is due to the type of bullet I use? (38 158 and 125 grain RNFP)
Before I read all of the "must" lube else you will die conversations I used some stuff called Drop Out by Frankford Arsenal, I sprayed it on my bullets loaded them and had a ball at the range. No leading, accurate shots or as accurate as I normally shoot anyway.
Then I started reading all about lubes and decided well I must lube or else.
So then I bought this junk called Alox. What a mess! I followed the directions and even asked for advice from others that had used and loved the stuff. Either I have missed something with this stuff or it is highly over rated. None the less I took my Alox lubed bullets to the range and got the same results, no lead and accurate shots.
After having the sticky experience and after reading some more info from the more experienced casters I decide to whip up some lube of my own and give it a try. I melted one pound of bees wax and one pound of parafin and added three table spoons of Crisco shortening. Did the old pan lube trick, punched them out and then loaded them this morning.
I just got back from the range having shot 200 rounds.
Same results as all the others, no leading, accurate shots.
My question is, is all of this lube stuff that big of a deal or am I just lucky?
Maybe it is due to the type of bullet I use? (38 158 and 125 grain RNFP)