tddeangelo
04-17-2015, 08:52 AM
OK, so.....I've gotten lead (a LOT of lead, maybe not in comparison to some here, lol, but when my last find is picked up, I'll have between 600 and 700 lbs on hand of mostly soft/pure lead, with about 80lbs of ww lead for some variety, lol).
I have an old Saeco bottom pour pot a buddy gave me that appears to be in fully functional, proper working order.
I have a Lachmiller Lube/Sizer inbound.
I have a Lee 457405F double cavity mold, which unfortunately is a bullet that is not set up to receive a gas check, but I guess I can live without that.
So....
Where I'm at for this question is....I'm sort of sneaking up on being ready to start pouring boolits. I know a lot of folks appear to be making their own lube, and I am not opposed to doing so. Eventually. For right now, I'd like to sort of put a cap on the complexity I'm working with at this point and not add to it any further, lol. I have enough to chew on for a bit as I start trying to actually pour decent boolits.
What's a good "off the shelf" lube to use for these boolits? They'll be shot in a 45-70 (Marlin), probably won't push them super hard, thinking that anything north of 1300fps should be adequate, more speed is ok if it doesn't come at the cost of leading a barrel or loss of accuracy. I'll need lube that'll work with the Lube-A-Matic I have coming.
Thanks!
I have an old Saeco bottom pour pot a buddy gave me that appears to be in fully functional, proper working order.
I have a Lachmiller Lube/Sizer inbound.
I have a Lee 457405F double cavity mold, which unfortunately is a bullet that is not set up to receive a gas check, but I guess I can live without that.
So....
Where I'm at for this question is....I'm sort of sneaking up on being ready to start pouring boolits. I know a lot of folks appear to be making their own lube, and I am not opposed to doing so. Eventually. For right now, I'd like to sort of put a cap on the complexity I'm working with at this point and not add to it any further, lol. I have enough to chew on for a bit as I start trying to actually pour decent boolits.
What's a good "off the shelf" lube to use for these boolits? They'll be shot in a 45-70 (Marlin), probably won't push them super hard, thinking that anything north of 1300fps should be adequate, more speed is ok if it doesn't come at the cost of leading a barrel or loss of accuracy. I'll need lube that'll work with the Lube-A-Matic I have coming.
Thanks!