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Liberty'sSon
12-15-2015, 08:58 PM
I have some lube that came with a commercial Ballisticast lube sizer I bought. I will be using Hi-tek or PC. They are all solid 2" cylinders, the blue ones are about 5.5" long. ( I think they are Thompsons Blue Angel, I have 24 of them.) the Orange/yellowish ones are 6" long and I have 8 whole ones and two halves. Pics attached.
What I'm looking for is a pretty solid identification ( as much as is possible) and a fair price so I can list them in S&S
tganks for your help.

Liberty'sSon
12-17-2015, 08:34 PM
Bump 1

JonB_in_Glencoe
12-17-2015, 11:41 PM
I didn't really want to comment on this(for a couple of reasons), but a couple days and over a hundred views and a bump and no one else has chimed in...So what the hey...I'll post my guesses.

The burnished yellow lube looks like one of the many brands of NRA 50/50, does it smell like alox ? Does it get real soft(almost too soft) when you heat it to, near body temp, in your hands ?

I don't think the Blue lube is Thompsons Blue Angel. Assuming your photo shows the correct color tint, the color isn't the same as the photo on Midway's website or this...
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?149285-Red-Rooster-Zambini-vs-Thompson-Blue-Angel

But maybe it looks like LBT? a quick google images search came up with this.
http://www.castbulletengineering.com.au/images/Bullet-Lube-Photos/lbtbluesoft-tb.jpg

Also the Thompson website advertises their lube is sold in 6" lengths, although that isn't necessarily definitive.

If it is LBT? they offer a few different blends that have different melt temps. Maybe you could find the melt temp of your blue lube, and maybe that will help a potential buyer make up his/her mind?

Pricing? I think $2 per stick would be fair.

870TC
12-22-2015, 04:17 PM
Looks like standard commercial 2" sticks of hard lube. Could be right from Ballisti-cast. pics look like it http://www.ballisti-cast.com/?page_id=104
Priced at $4.50 a 2x6 stick http://www.ballisti-cast.com/?page_id=110
Magma engineering sells a similar product