Shome10x
05-31-2010, 12:01 AM
All,
Too many places to post this...so it goes to the General Forum.
I have a two moulds (Custom NEI, 185gr .451) that I really like, but they cast too small. This of course causes multiple problems, but the particular problem in the 1911 chosen is extreme leading.
I thought a good dose of Rooster Jacket might increase the diameter enough to stop the leading, but no dice. The barrel continued to lead horribly....everything from lead in front of the chamber, streaks(more like pieces) of lead on the rifling and lead on lands and grooves clear to the muzzle. This would all happen within 40-50 rounds. Quite a mess.
Not wanting to give up and toss them back(~1500 bullets) into the pot...I decided to lube them with my first batch of Felix lube. Well... the results were SUPER. Very light leading in front of the chamber...this is about normal for any well fitting bullet in this barrel. I don't recall seeing it remaining this clean with cast... Another bonus was low smoke. I quite expected the load "smoke" to be largely increased over the RJ, but this wasn't the case. Slight increase, but it was not detrimental.
So...All the loads & conditions were the same. Do I attribute this to Felix? or the combination of the Jacket & Felix? I likely won't have any bare boolits soon... At least in this case, the emperical evidence indicates that a good lube can overcome a small diameter. True?
What do you think?
Chris G. in MO
Too many places to post this...so it goes to the General Forum.
I have a two moulds (Custom NEI, 185gr .451) that I really like, but they cast too small. This of course causes multiple problems, but the particular problem in the 1911 chosen is extreme leading.
I thought a good dose of Rooster Jacket might increase the diameter enough to stop the leading, but no dice. The barrel continued to lead horribly....everything from lead in front of the chamber, streaks(more like pieces) of lead on the rifling and lead on lands and grooves clear to the muzzle. This would all happen within 40-50 rounds. Quite a mess.
Not wanting to give up and toss them back(~1500 bullets) into the pot...I decided to lube them with my first batch of Felix lube. Well... the results were SUPER. Very light leading in front of the chamber...this is about normal for any well fitting bullet in this barrel. I don't recall seeing it remaining this clean with cast... Another bonus was low smoke. I quite expected the load "smoke" to be largely increased over the RJ, but this wasn't the case. Slight increase, but it was not detrimental.
So...All the loads & conditions were the same. Do I attribute this to Felix? or the combination of the Jacket & Felix? I likely won't have any bare boolits soon... At least in this case, the emperical evidence indicates that a good lube can overcome a small diameter. True?
What do you think?
Chris G. in MO