I think there's some extra lead in the air when you shoot cast bullets. When you cast up a batch of bullets, there is always a bit of lead dust that breaks off. It builds up in my tumble lubing pan and mixes with the lube, darkening it. When you fire the bullet, some of that dust is going to go in the air. Some of it might vaporize, but I expect there to be some solid lead particles small enough to suspend in the muzzle blast long enough to breathe.
It's not just the color of the lube, either. While the tumble lube is liquid, I can see solid grit/particles in the corners of the groove when I haven't cleaned my tumble lube pan in awhile. They actually seem to help fill the TL grooves more fully.
Last edited by gloob; 02-01-2023 at 04:53 PM.
Shot my first bullets lubed with Carnuba Red today. After shooting with my previous lube I would normally need to scrub some lead from the first half inch or so of the barrel. Wasn't necessary with Carnuba Red!
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The Blue Carnauba eliminated the leading problems I had with my 357 cast loads. It leaves traces in the bore, so I know it's in all 24 inches of the barrel. Flows effortlessly from the Lyman 45. I even use it with LAL and PC bullets. I tend to overlube and so far the products have been very successful for me. You can see the traces of the lube in my bore, here is a pic.
Agreed Glenns lubes are all I've ever used Been working great for everything I load
I too have had great results with custom purple colored WLL Blue Carnauba in my 146 grain RNFP cast boolit in .357 Magnum brass with 6.9 grains of W572.
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 |