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bcraig
11-17-2023, 08:36 PM
I have some LBT WFN bullets and Hand lubed with LBT Blue soft lube about 30-35 years ago .
Water dropped clip on wheel weights.
Anyone know how much age softening has taken place over 30-35 years ?

These LBT Bullets (about a hundred)I hand lubed with LBT blue lube.
I will also be using Matts Hollowpoint 250 Grain Bullets which have a bullet Hardness of 10 and 20:1 alloy
and are Lubed with Carnauba Red

Both will be used with a Low pressure (less than a 1,000 FPS load)of either HP-38 or CFE pistol powder. Using 44 special cases

What Kind of issues (if any) will I run into by shooting thes mixed lube bullets through the barrel ?
I also have some HSM 240 Semi-Wadcutter 44 special factory loaded to be thrown into the mix and have no idea what the bullets are lubed with but do know they are 15 Brinell Hardness.

Shooting out of a Rossi 92 44special/44Magnum carbine with a 16 inch barrel

JSnover
11-18-2023, 08:45 AM
I'd expect a shift in the group center. I shot two different lubes in the same rifle just to see if it made a difference (same mold and same alloy, cast on the same day) and the groups were about the same size but group 1 was about 2 inches from group 2. If the lube is still good I'd expect similar results from your rifle.

Bazoo
11-18-2023, 01:28 PM
I concur with JSnover.

I think that if you're plinking and not shooting from a bench, you probably won't see any difference.

bcraig
11-19-2023, 12:33 AM
Thank’s for info guy’s.

Bazoo
11-19-2023, 01:23 AM
You're welcome. It'd be interesting to keep an eye on it. I've had occasion that a bullet for whatever reason leaded, but switching to another, even a plain based bullet, would shoot clean and remove the leading. So if one of the varieties does lead... try one of the others, it may be that it'll clean itself out.