Pros and cons of the lee tumble lube 44 caliber

[35remington]

Bret, my opinion's always been the lubricant needs aren't too great in moderate velocity pistols, and a good lube never lets the bullet get a hold on the barrel as it's floating on an excessive film of lube. Leading's nonexistent, accuracy is likewise.

If I put something like 50-50 or Lyman Super Moly on a single lube groove HG 68 bullet, groups suck. I shoot much smaller groups with my J frame 38 snubbie than my 45 when that happens.

I think there's a reason they put crappy hard waxy lube on commercial hard cast pistol bullets. The crappy lube doesn't overlubricate and groups are then just fine.

[Marlin Hunter]

I have the Lee TL 44 SWC. I had no problems with the boolit when it was loaded at the low end of the powder range (and with an excessive amount of LLA). I did not try any loads at the upper range (yet). These boolits were shot out of a S+W pistol and Marlin rifle. The 44 Mag felt like a 44 Special. Accuracy was good enough: better than I could shoot, but shot low as would be expected. The recovered boolits showed excellent rifling engraving on the surface; no lead smearing.

[greg1]

I spray case sizing lube on my bullets before I size them. I use Midway. Seems to work fine and is cheaper.

[greg1]

I use Midway case lube on my cast bullets and have no problems sizing them. I think it is cheaper than using the Alox. I always re-lube with LLA or a recipe from this web site after I size.

[kingstrider]

I shoot a LOT of .44 magnum and the 6-cavity TL430-240-SWC has probably become my #1 mold. There are better designs but this mold is great for cranking out a PILE of boolits which can be quickly lubed with mule snot (liquid alox) for accurate plinking loads that are still stout enough to kill something with.

[arcticbreeze]

I never see anyone write about the merits of the 240 grain Lee tumble lube in 44 caliber TL430-240-SWC. All I ever read is how great and accurate the Lyman 429421 240 cast bullet is when pushed to the highest velocity possible, which stresses shooter and the hand gun. I also read that great accuracy only seems to come from bench rest shooting. I never read about off hand shooting or rapid fire. As a result i wonder about what the real world difference between a lyman 429 421 mold and the Lee TL 430 240 swc.

If someone would post pro and con of the Lee tumble lube molds I would greatly appreciate reading what you have to say.

I have and use the same Lee mold in the standard lube groove version and it is a fine boolit. As far as the rest of your question, you don't here about accuracy merits of off hand or rapid fire vs benchrest shooting, is that the former would a test of the shooter and not the gun, boolit, or load.