MidSouth Shooters SupplyInline FabricationLoad DataWideners
Reloading EverythingRotoMetals2RepackboxTitan Reloading
Lee Precision
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 34

Thread: Has anyone experienced mice eating lubricant from cast bullets?

  1. #1
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Jan 2018
    Posts
    291

    Has anyone experienced mice eating lubricant from cast bullets?

    The message title pretty much says it all...

  2. #2
    Moderator


    Winger Ed.'s Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Just outside Gun Barrel City, Texas
    Posts
    9,484
    I haven't had a problem with that, but I do store most of my stuff in ammo cans or a metal cabinet.
    In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
    In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.


    OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
    This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
    EVERYONE!
    Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.

  3. #3
    Boolit Master 15meter's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Location
    SE Michigan
    Posts
    2,509
    Not on the bullet, but I had mice eat a bunch of wax. I was given 20-30 lbs. (or more) of old candles, unknown to me if they were paraffin or beeswax colored, un-colored. Melted them all down and poured them into bread pans to conserve space.

    The mice munched on several of the big blocks of wax. Those mice have earned their wings.

    I use it to flux the pot and make fire starters.

  4. #4
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    May 2022
    Location
    MPLS
    Posts
    1,486
    No But had them eat the green scented bar soap, irises spring.

  5. #5
    Boolit Master Half Dog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    Grand Prairie, TX
    Posts
    1,126
    Well, I’ve had them eat poison so I guess anything is in their menu.
    The sooner I fall behind...the more time I have to catch up with

  6. #6
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    NE Kansas
    Posts
    2,421
    I have squirrels that like to nibble on lead ingots. Ouch!

  7. #7
    Boolit Master
    CastingFool's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Climax, Michigan
    Posts
    2,634
    Mice chewed through the wires leading to the neutral safety switch on my truck. Fortunately, they chewed at a spot where I could splice the wires together relatively easy.

  8. #8
    Moderator
    Texas by God's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2016
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    14,335
    Nope. They're fed too well otherwise in the barn.....

    Sent from my SM-A716U using Tapatalk

  9. #9
    Boolit Master elmacgyver0's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2010
    Posts
    1,975
    Cats are the answer, but don't feed them too well.

  10. #10
    Boolit Grand Master uscra112's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Switzerland of Ohio
    Posts
    6,314
    I've had them eat oiled-foam air filters. Maybe they need a laxative?

    There are 5 cats in this house, so my bullet lubes are safe.
    Cognitive Dissident

  11. #11
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Central Texas
    Posts
    1,910
    Little fellers are gonna get lead poisoning if they keep chewing on boolits…

  12. #12
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Middle of the Mitten
    Posts
    1,330
    Quote Originally Posted by BLAHUT View Post
    No But had them eat the green scented bar soap, irises spring.
    I too heard that Irish Spring soap repels mice... Nope... it attracted 'em to the point that I load the Traps with the stuff!!! Works better than peanuts!!! No Bull!!!
    MothBalls is Still a Rodent Repellent... Even Skunks won't tolerate it...
    Edit; I have my bitter half finally in the habit of putting repellent where it is needed...and Poison, where i don't mind attracting the Buggers... Outside, in the Barn... Double Bubble, bubble gum... All critters, from mice to Raccoons, (certainly ground hogs) love it ... Kills 'em !!!

  13. #13
    Boolit Grand Master


    Join Date
    Apr 2017
    Location
    Aberdeen, South Dakota
    Posts
    7,136
    Not on a bullet yet, but they chewed through a plastic bag to eat the patches for a muzzleloader I had lubed with bear grease. There's no such thing as repelling mice. Moth balls may slow them, but they definitely don't keep them out of stuff long.

  14. #14
    Boolit Master Recycled bullet's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2022
    Location
    Suburbs south of dc
    Posts
    718
    Mice are stupid. Feed them the little green bricks of yummy flavored poison. Just drop little pieces in any mouse
    ruuns you may find. Mice like to run along walls or under things. Putting the poison inside an old cardboard tube works well too. If you don't have poison it's time to make the spinning mountain dew in a mud bucket trap.

  15. #15
    Boolit Master

    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    UPSTATE new york
    Posts
    1,722
    ox yoke (?) prelubed black powder wads. I got a big bunch on a clearance sale. mice or red squirrels wiped them out. nice wintergreen smell

  16. #16
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Jan 2018
    Posts
    291
    Recently I sized and lubricated some bullets which I left in an open pan in my garage loading area to use in the next few days. Yesterday when I began loading them, I noticed an inordinate number were missing part of their lubricant. I knew that if I had done a poor job lubricating, I would have noticed it. Then I noticed a bit of rodent excreta next to the bullets.

    Its not a big issue, in that I normally store bullets in containers, and have never had this happen before. I don't want to kill the little guys and my cats would just stare at me, then tell me to call an exterminator.

  17. #17
    Boolit Mold
    Join Date
    May 2022
    Posts
    19
    Take a couple of kernels f dried corn and super glue them to the mouse trap trigger. I’ve had traps in my garage with the same kernels on them for years

  18. #18
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Middle of the Mitten
    Posts
    1,330
    Quote Originally Posted by Siskiwit View Post
    Take a couple of kernels f dried corn and super glue them to the mouse trap trigger. I’ve had traps in my garage with the same kernels on them for years
    Love it.... Next!!!!

    BTW
    Quote Originally Posted by megasupermagnum View Post
    There's no such thing as repelling mice. Moth balls may slow them, but they definitely don't keep them out of stuff long.
    One Must replace/rejuvenate the moth balls fairly often, Even stepping on them, breaking them.. works... certainly Not, a Set and forget proposition.. Due Vigilance...

  19. #19
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Nov 2016
    Location
    Boysee
    Posts
    748
    Another
    No But, I had squirrels bend up and chew on the lead flashing around the vent pipes on my roof.
    they're gone now though,

    .
    Size/Prime a few cases when starting off with a progressive and put them aside. You can plug them back into the process when a bad/odd case screws up in the priming station and continue loading.

  20. #20
    Boolit Grand Master


    GregLaROCHE's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2018
    Location
    Southern France by way of Interior Bush Alaska
    Posts
    5,286
    They got into my beeswax once. I now constantly have poison packets in all the corners and holes where the used to come in. No more problems.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check