I was at the range today and some of the old lads were talking about lube on large diam bulletes after casting, I use Std casting grease, however they told me candle wax works well and sometimes better less messy, any one ever heard of this Fact or Fiction? or let alon tried it?
Bullet casting grease question
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What is STD CASTING GREASE, I have heard of bullet lube, which quite often has candle wax, crayon's (paraffin) , bee's wax and many or any other things added( tallow, mutton fat, water pump grease). The tallow or fat is the lube, the bee's wax kept it from melting in hot weather and the paraffin made it a little harder and maybe less greasy. I did a search of "homemade bullet lubes" and came up with lots ( www.wahsatchdesperadoes.com/A PRIMER ON BULLET CASTING COMPONENTS AND SUPPLIERS.htm ) ( www.castbullet.com/makeit/lube.htm ) ( www.jouster.com/cgi-bin/castbullets/index.pl?noframes;read=20 )
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I was refering to store bought lube grease thats all!
Thanks for the links BEARMAN they look intresting. Seems like its not a complicated however messy pot of stew.
I think I may just stick to the store bought stuff.
Thanks for the links BEARMAN they look intresting. Seems like its not a complicated however messy pot of stew.
I think I may just stick to the store bought stuff.
Rich McFarlane
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Candle waxes have no set formula. They could consist in part or wholly, bees wax, microcrystalline wax and/or paraffin wax.
There are loads of different microcrystalline waxes and bees wax varies in regards to composition and contaminants.
Some candles also have none wax additives.
Some guys use a lube of 50 - 50 vaseline - paraffin wax in old black powder cases, at those velocities.
There are loads of different microcrystalline waxes and bees wax varies in regards to composition and contaminants.
Some candles also have none wax additives.
Some guys use a lube of 50 - 50 vaseline - paraffin wax in old black powder cases, at those velocities.
