Grease cookie with grease groove slug

[cal50]

Anyone add a grease cookie to their grease groove slug? I was curious about any fouling control with a longer barrel (34"). Granted the lube is a huge variable but I wanted to get a feel for what others are doing instead of re-inventing the wheel.
45-90 using black with home brew lube (beeswax/peanut oil with a pinch of lanolin).

[Boz330]

I use one with my 577-540 but the grease grooves are small and it holds a pile of powder. The rest of my BPCRs are smaller and they have big lube grooves on the boolits and they seem to be taking care of business.

Bob

[RMulhern]

Hmmmm....was wondering about this:

"Granted the lube is a huge variable"

Was wondering why?? The lube I use seems to be quite consistent!!:drinks:

[cal50]

Everyone has a favorite lube and mine is consitant as long as the wife does not see me using her kitchen pans!

I am using the Lyman Postel for a slug.I have not had much trigger time due to work and family activities so I am getting fired up to launce a few.

[405]

Wouldn't hurt to try a cookie with the big slug in the long barrel. How it would affect accuracy who knows? As far as "fouling control" - I don't think it will control any fouling compared to same loads without the cookie but it's bound to make the fouling softer. That'd be a good thing if the accuracy is still good. How it might affect leading?- that's another question.

[montana_charlie]

As far as "fouling control" - I don't think it will control any fouling compared to same loads without the cookie but it's bound to make the fouling softer.
The primary function of bullet lube, when using black powder, is to keep the powder residue soft.
If you wipe between shots to make some or all black powder fouling disappear, that is one form of 'fouling control' (or fouling management).
Using a blow tube...or introducing more lube...or both...to keep fouling moister/softer is the other form of 'fouling control'.

Firing round after round, while just trusting the lube on the bullet to be adequate, is the absence of 'fouling control'.

There is another subject which may also require control measures, and that is called 'leading'. But, those control measures usually begin when the bullet is being cast...

CM

[RMulhern]

Here's a .50 design that works quite well with just standard lube sizing:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/Bullets%20and%20Patches/th_Elliptical50-cal155MiniGrooveIIForR.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/Bullets%20and%20Patches/?action=view&current=Elliptical50-cal155MiniGrooveIIForR.jpg)

And here's what it will do from 1000 yards out of my C. Sharps 50/90:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/BPCR%20SHOOTING%20RELOADING/th_879a12df.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b67/Sharps110/BPCR%20SHOOTING%20RELOADING/?action=view&current=879a12df.jpg)

:lol::-)

[cal50]

Damn nice shooting!