Lubricating cast lead bullets.

[phishroy]

I am trying to get a feel for how many people use stick lube and how many people tumble lube.
I know Some people prefer tumble lubing and some people like to make their own concoctions for lube.

I am trying to find out if their would be a market for lube making in canada since I find most of the stuff in stores made by the big companies is a bit pricey for me and the lube that is more affordable is available in the states which means higher shipping costs to get it over here so no real money saved.

Sorry for the typo’ in the poll it should be tumble lube and not tuble lube. Cant find a way edit the poll options…. hemmmm

 

[vagrantviking]

There are a thousand recipies for lube if you want to try and make your own.

ht tp://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforums.yuku.com/topic/14130/t/BPCR-Bullet-Lube-Recipes.html

ht tp://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=29683

ht tp://www.bpcr.net/bpcr_lubes.htm

 

[gunlaker]

I don't tumble, but do both pan lubing, and use sticks in my RCBS Lubamatic.

Chris.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I used to do all my own casting etc but as it's not one of my favorite aspect of reloading so I now get all my cast bullet supplies from a couple of local guys. I used to size & lube with a Lyman #45 and actually just got another Lyman with a set of G,H & I dies as part of a deal on a Colt 1911.

There is another option hs4570 gave me a hard copy of. It an article on a procedure by Curtis L. Wilson from the Handloader 86 titled Patching Cast Bullets with Teflon. Basically it's wrapping cast bullets with a teflon tape used in plumbing/pipefitting applications. I tried it and it works well, just a little too time consuming for my liking.