bll

[porthos]

going to tumble lube for the first time with BLL. 9mm sig. bullets drop from mold at .358+ around 14 bhn. would tumbling once be ok; and/or would a second coat be better. no sizing or another lube. goung to shoot at 900-1100 fps. haven't worked a load up yet. would be great to not use the lube sizer

[RKJ]

When I used it, I just put a little (very little) in a Cool Whip tub and swirled the bullets around. It worked very good, easy peasy and no leading in my 9mm. I don't recall the load data though.

[dverna]

High pressure loads can be tricky. I would do 200 with one coat and 200 with two coats. If they chamber, shoot them without sizing.

[rintinglen]

Given that you are going to be running them hot, I'd go with two light coats. BLL is cheap, another days drying time is not too long and cleaning lead out of the bore is a chore best left to somebody else.

[RU shooter]

Go with two coats what's it gonna hurt besides a little extra time . Besides target speed wadcutters two coats for me in the norm works well even with warm 357 loads in my wheel gun

[GhostHawk]

I find I prefer 2 or 3 very light coats to one heavy one.

More consistent, drys faster.

I mix my BLL in a repurposed Ragu jar. Keep one original lee flip spout bottle for dispensing.

I count drops. Vary's by how many bullets, how big the caliber, how heavy.
Each variable going up means I need more drops. Takes more for .45 cal 230 grain than it does for .30 cal 150 gr.

When it is just right you don't really see a color change until the 3rd coat and even then it is slight.

Before that they just look a little fuzzy.

I do prefer to start with my bullets warm, 120-140ish.

After the last coat I dump them onto a cardboard flat in front of a small fan. Often in half an hour I will be loading them. And they are dry.

If they are headed for over 1200 fps I always use 3 light coats.
Slower pistol rounds I often settle for 2.
If I am sizing I will do a light coat, dry 15 min, size, then do 2 more.

[gnostic]

I've not been able to get BLL to work in my 9mm CZ 75 without leading the barrel. While that same batch of bullets shot flawlessly in 3 of my .357 revolvers....

[GARD72977]

I've not been able to get BLL to work in my 9mm CZ 75 without leading the barrel. While that same batch of bullets shot flawlessly in 3 of my .357 revolvers....

CZ usually has a large bore. I had a shadow2 that needed a .358 an SP01 shadow would work with .357 may have to experiment with the size a little. Iwould say a CZ is one of the harder pistols to cast for

[charlie b]

I use 2 or 3 coats with BLL or 45-45-10. LIGHT coats is the way to go with these lubes.

[porthos]

i put 2 coats on my lee 125 gr 9mm. will publish results when it gets above 55 degrees at the range. (western pa.)