BLL works great !!!!! ( Of course , I'm more than a bit biased )
BLL works great !!!!! ( Of course , I'm more than a bit biased )
I'm totally unbiased but yes, Ben's Liquid Lube works...
My Anchor is holding fast!
I was going to ask what I would do with my LAM if I switched to tumble lube but then I read on your site you do both. Question, does the use of BLL over a sized and lubed bullet inhibit the function of the lube in the lube groove? Does the lube in the lube groove still melt and flow as it exits the barrel?
Amen on the BLL. I use it as a stand alone lube in everything rifle and handgun.
2 light coats for handgun and 3 light coats for rifle. And yeah, works great as an overcoat on top of your regular lube too.
I'm a believer in BLL, too! All I use any more. ( I might sneak in some Bens Red in the future, too).
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That’s unfortunate about the leading in your 1911.
As far as Ben’s Red lube though, I use it in 45 colt with zero problems and all the way to 2600 FPS. In 35 whelen and 308 rifles with never a leading problem. I’ve had other lubes fail before 2600 FPS., but not Ben’s Red or BLL.
White label lubes are indeed a great choice for those that don’t care to make their own lube...glad to hear you found something for your 1911 problem.
I have kind of gone to just using standard NRA formula stuff for everything, except occasionally using LLA. Seems to be pretty good stuff all around and I am too lazy to make my own lube.
I did make a small batch of the Ben's liquid lube and used it on pistol bullets and it worked fine, I just never got around to making a bunch of it. Eventually, I'll get back to it.
You hit the nail on the head.
If you read through the Lube recipe Sticky, you will find hundreds of recipes. If you look for commercially made lubes, you will likely find more different lubes than you'll have time, in this lifetime, to try.
Usually, a lube has one or more weak points...an extreme condition where it will fail. The trick for us boolit casters, is to identify that extreme condition that is in our application, and find a lube that doesn't fail during that extreme condition. If you have no extreme conditions, likely any lube will work successfully for you, I've even heard of a lube made with 100% crayons working successfully.
One extreme condition that has shown itself to me, is having cast boolit ammo in a parked car on a hot sunny day. Temps can reach 160º+ and most boolit lubes have a melt temp lower than that. That and a few other reasons is why I use SL68B.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-it&highlight=
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Knowing where or state you live might help. Be the day I keep boolits in a fridge.
Lube that's simple to blend and works. My current favorite is BLL.
3 parts Beeswax
1 part Lithium Grease (Lucas Red-N-Tacky)
This recipe is from Garth Choate , with the note " This lube is better than the Alox-Beeswax since the old alox formula was changed "
My time tested soft lube ... has never failed and I always come back to it .
Gary
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I tried making my own lube and it worked good, however for the price and the quality of White Label Lubes by Lars I can see no reason for ever making anymore. I use Carnauba Red for everything and if you don't have a heater one of his other lubes will work just as well. https://lsstuff.com/
Ken
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 |