What if you lube TL with ?

[Doc - J]

OK, another dumb question... What if you lubed a Lee TL boolit with some other kind of home made lube. would it work?, ie: bee's wax, Felix lube? any hard type lube? Has anyone tried it?
I just like to ask these dumb questions, but hope I don't get dumb answers.

[steveb]

Doc, im glad you asked this question as it saves me from asking it:-D :Fire:

[357maximum]

I had dan from mountain molds make me a 359 tumblelube type 180 grain soft nose mold. I Originally tl'ed, but have since lubed with felix in my lyman lube/sizer with great results. Give er a whirl you never know till you try.

[drinks]

I use TL or LBT soft blue , either works fine, the LBT leaves a better shine in the barrel, but neither lead and I shoot some gas checks at over 2500fps.

[redneckdan]

I've tried my 230gr TC .452 with my peanut oil lube and it works great, less smoke than alox too.

[Doc - J]

I've tried my 230gr TC .452 with my peanut oil lube and it works great, less smoke than alox too.
what is you peanut oil lube -- hard/soft or like LQ Alox?

[redneckdan]

my peanut lube is 80% beeswax, 10% peanut oil and 10% ivory soap. its extremely hard but only takes a little heat to get it flowing, 5 minutes under a 150 watt bulb is more than enough. I've had this up to 2400fps with lino and zero leading. I warm the lube up, dump the boolits in and sit for about 5 min, strain the boolits out and let harden. Then size with lee sizer.

[Vegas Vince]

redneckdan,

do you relube after sizing? have you had any trouble with lube running off boolits? what is the drying time with your lube?


Vegas Vince