Tumble lube 358-105-SWC ?

[mikes farm]

I just started casting and bought a 6 cavity TL358-158-SWC.
I am tumble lubing them.
A friend let me borrow his 358-105-SWC non TL mold.
I have cast a couple hundred 105's and would like to know if Tumble lubing them is adequate for 38 target loads or do I need to set up to pan lube them.
Thanks for the replies.
Mike

[mooman76]

I have TL them with no leading issues. TL works on most any bullet and you can put regular lube on a TL bullet too. Good plinkin bullet and accurate too.

[Landric]

I tumble lubed that boolit before I got a lube-sizer. It worked fine, as has tumble lubing with every boolit I have tried it with, designed for it or not.

[Ugluk]

I tumble lube my 105'ers after sizing them, but I do currently get some leading on the lands near the muzzle.

I suspect this is caused by straight ww alloy and girlie charges.
I'm gonna try a bit more oomph in the ransom rest tomorrow (up to 3.8gr VV310) and check for leading. In my case the jury is still out..

[Shiloh]

I just started casting and bought a 6 cavity TL358-158-SWC.
I am tumble lubing them.
A friend let me borrow his 358-105-SWC non TL mold.
I have cast a couple hundred 105's and would like to know if Tumble lubing them is adequate for 38 target loads or do I need to set up to pan lube them.
Thanks for the replies.
Mike

Oh Yeah!!

Lube 'em, load'em, shoot 'em, repeat.

I run my TL boolits through a LEE .358 sizer for uniformity. Not necesssary always mind you, it just prevents the oversize boolits from when I didn't completely close the mold, from not chambering.

Shiloh

[putteral]

I size mine to .356 for my 9mm's and .380. Always tumble lube them and have never had any leading issues with them. I USE 4.5 grs of Titegroup in my 9's and 4 grs of #5 in my PPK/S. One of my most accruate boolits.
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