Tell me about using moly grease for lube

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I have seen references to using moly grease for lube, I am wondering what velocities you are shooting bullets lubed that way at, and how does it work for leading. I have a 200 grain gas check 314 mold coming for the 303 british.
Thanks

 

[ben hunchak]

Moly works okay but it's a friggen mess to work with, gets on everything, I used to make it, mixed it with beeswax and powdered moly, I stopped using it because of the mess not it's performance which was good.

 

[Clark]

Moly grease is 50,000 psi which is a high pressure lube.

The pressure between lead and barrel is more like 2,000 psi and most any pressure lube would do, so other attributes become more important.

"The NRA Handloader's Guide" 1969 a compilation of "American Rifleman"
articles from 1950 to 1968.

One article in that book is "Pistol Champion Target loads".
All 9 featured champions use "Hensley & Gibbs" bullets, but the
lubrication
varies:

1) Gertrude E. Backstrom, locomotive side-rod grease

2) F. Bob Chow, perfect lube

3) G. P DeFino, Lyman Ideal

4) William E. Guiette, 7 parts way grease, 1 part Keystone open gear
grease

5) Gil Hebard, Ipco Colloidal Graphite

6) John W. Hurst, 2 parts beeswax, 1 part paraffin, 1 part cosmolene

7) Ellas Lea, 3 pounds petroleum jelly, 1 1/2 pounds beeswax, 12 oz
paraffin, 6 oz carnuba wax, 4 oz fine graphite

8) Harry Reeves, equal parts beeswax and water pump grease

9) W.T.Toney jr., 2 parts beeswax, 1 part beef tallow, 2 tablespoons
powdered graphite to 3 pounds mixture

If you have seen the article, Gertrude doesn't look that bad, if you can get over her out of date clothes.

 

[H4831]

8) Harry Reeves, equal parts beeswax and water pump grease

9) W.T.Toney jr., 2 parts beeswax, 1 part beef tallow, 2 tablespoons
powdered graphite to 3 pounds mixture.
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Harry Reeves, the Detroit Police, national pistol shooting champion, was one of my favourite writers about pistol shooting. I also liked his down to earth simplicity, as shown by his old fashoined bullet lube formula.
W.T. Toney was, I believe, a Border Patrol shooter. I also liked his writings on pistol shooting and I especially liked his use of bullet lube, beeswax and beef tallow, because that was the lube I started out with, only without the graphite. I have read that this is what the buffalo hunters of old used. The ratio can be varied, depending on the temperature. Hot weather, more beeswax. Colder weather, more beef tallow.
I also tried Harry Reeve's water pump grease formula. My opinion is those old lubes were as good as any.