Which Lube for cast pistol bullets.

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With any of my pistol or rifle bullets, I am jumping back and forth between BAC or Carnauba Blue. I can not pick the best one for the job. They both work great but I tend to like the color blue that the Carnauba Blue puts out. I am only casting for the 45-70,44 mag. 45 Colt and 40 S&W.

[gwpercle]

Handguns and 30 cal. rifle @ 2,000 fps ... tested by me over the last 45 years .

Lithi-Bee bullet lubricant . Soft lube . Simple to make .

1 part Lithium Grease (Lucas Red-N-Tacky)
3 parts Beeswax

Amounts can be measured by weight in ounces / pounds ... 1/3 ratio .
Gulf Wax Canning Paraffin can be added if the lube is too soft .
I've never had a lead problem with this lube ... tried many but keep coming back .
Gary

[dverna]

Was using BAC, as i previously recommended, and it's still an excellent choice. However I ran out and have lots of 2500+ so I thought I'd try it on pistol bullets as it's excellent on rifle bullets. 2500+ is working excellently across the velocity range from 600 fps up through 3000 fps.

Good to hear that.

When I was stocking up for SHTF, I bought 20 sticks of 2500+ and 20 sticks of CR. I have 10 bottles of One-Step to make the original BLL.

Doubtful I will ever need cast rifle bullets but being prepared gives me comfort. I figured CR for .223; 2500+ for the .30/30's and .308's; and BLL for the pistol bullets.

I am not into making lubes I will use in the Star or Lyman 45's. Buying from Lars is not expensive and his stuff works.

[Shiloh]

Been using Larsen's 45-45-10 on pistol bullets. Both TL boolits, and traditional lube groove boolits.

Shiloh

[David2011]

Several years ago I went on a search for a lube that produced less smoke. Some wise participants here ostracized me for such blasphemy. Apparently they were single shot rifle shooters; I’m a USPSA shooter. Sucks when you have a good run going and then the target disappears behind the smoke. I learned two things. All lubes smoke and they all were satisfactory for my .40 S&W to prevent leading. I finally started powder coating. The gun runs cleaner and the smoke was eliminated.

Back to the original question, your SPG will work just fine for handgun boolits.