I used Lee Liquid Alox with good results. I would coat the boolits, let them dry, run them through the sizer to add the GC and coat them again. Worked well for my 6.5mm Swede.
I used Lee Liquid Alox with good results. I would coat the boolits, let them dry, run them through the sizer to add the GC and coat them again. Worked well for my 6.5mm Swede.
Last edited by GregLaROCHE; 01-08-2023 at 12:23 PM. Reason: Typo
my method exactly - i only use gas checks on rifle bullets - never had any leading on any rifle or pistol bullet i cast
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Those are the exact ingredients I use for my liquid lube and it works out great. I take no credit, I found the recipe here.
1) Using an electric hotplate, outdoors, pop the lid off the Johnson's Paste Wax and set it on the hotplate on low to medium heat. Let it melt completely.
2) Stir in a 4oz. bottle of Lee Liquid Lube. Mix well.
3) Add 4 oz. of Mineral Spirits, stir it in.
4) Shut off the heat and let it cool. It should be a thin consistency, not quite like water. Add MS to adjust, as necessary.
5) Put the cover back on the can and put it away, it's ready to use. Before use, shake it up well. Be stingy when lubing your boolits, it won't take much.
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I always used pure LLA, but was getting ready to try the mix with the wax. I still have the full can Johnson’s wax I bought for the project. I happened to start PCing and muzzle loading. I never made that lube, but always head it worked well.
Don't know why it never occurred to me before but a really cheap bottle of carnauba based polish is something to try out when applying paper patches to muzzleloading rifle boolits. Might work, might not, but it needs trying.
I made a small mistake. It's not a universal holder. It's only for Breechlock presses, because of the size. Lee part number 91532, dies sold separately a bit cheaper than entire die/kits.
https://leeprecision.com/bl-bullet-sizer-kit.html
I wrongly assumed the old style kits still came with the LLA, but I'm cleared up on that point, now, too. I got a couple kits for Christmas with no LLA.
Yah I bought about 6 of those sizers off leeprecicision.com they have them almost every .001 for a production over run recently. I needed some strange sizes for black powder- paper patch and small throat on my gun. It’s sprising how well LLA works in my 30-30 mid velocities. Thinner coat easier to handle.
I am also a fan of 45-45-10
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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 |