Toilet gasket for bullet lube cast lead

[y2k]

Anyone ever try the modern yes I know Petroleum based wax toilet gaskets for cast lead bullets i.e. like 4570 etc. with smokeless Not black powder

 

[yomomma]

Would not waste my time

 

[vagrantviking]

Just buy from Dragonlube in Ontario. I gave up making my own lubes years ago.

 

[migrant hunter]

They maybe were beeswax a long time ago, but now they are horrible, sticky garbage. I use some store bought lube sticks or beeswax/tallow, depending on what the bullets are for.

 

[R005t3r]

Sounds like a sh1tty substitute to me.

( someone had to say it )

 

[FatCatsDad]

Have you ever changed a gasket ?
They are the stickiest thing I've ever handled.
If I remember correctly the last one I changed I soaked in hot water a few min to soften it up.
I hate those things, switched over to these.

 

[Butcherbill]

They maybe were beeswax a long time ago, but now they are horrible, sticky garbage. I use some store bought lube sticks or beeswax/tallow, depending on what the bullets are for.

They still are but have other things in the mix to keep it soft long term, they’re awesome for waterproofing leather gloves and boots.

 

[bearhunter]

The new rings work great for lubing gaskets and plugs that aren't heated above 60C.

 

[mephisto002]

Why not follow Homer Simpson's example and use bacon grease?

 

[y2k]

I remember about 15 years ago talking to a guy who used it for reloading like 44 40, 4570 and he just squished it into the grooves with his fingers and he seemed to like it seemed to work for him and he did it for years

 

[saskgunowner101]

I remember about 15 years ago talking to a guy who used it for reloading like 44 40, 4570 and he just squished it into the grooves with his fingers and he seemed to like it seemed to work for him and he did it for years

I've done something similar in the past with softer bullet lube, you squish it into the lube grooves, roll it across wax paper/waxed butcher paper lightly, and then one or two sharp rolls will almost clean the lube off the bullet.

Better off to buy some cheapazz powder coating from Princess Auto instead of buying toilet bowl rings imho

 

[mephisto002]

I remember about 15 years ago talking to a guy who used it for reloading like 44 40, 4570 and he just squished it into the grooves with his fingers and he seemed to like it seemed to work for him and he did it for years

That sounds like a great method, st least that's how the swamp people would do it.

To enhance your experience, you should take a used toilet wax ring, you will be rewarded with a lovely perfum, and as a plus, the range will be all yours.

 

[PPCLI-Jim]

What about powder coating ?

 

[tigrr]

But it came with the toilet. It is made from paraffin wax, palm oil and asian body fat. How could it be bad.
I go to a bee keeper and buy his seconds. Then with lanolin and veg oil I get the right consistency.

 

[Al Bear]

I say try whatever you think might be suitable that would otherwise go to the garbage. My inventory of materials includes Crisco, peanut oil, paraffin, Snow Seal, toilet gasket ring, Simoniz car wax and some other greasy things on my workshop shelf. Right now I’m using straight Crisco.

 

[hickstick_10]

Anyone ever try the modern yes I know Petroleum based wax toilet gaskets for cast lead bullets i.e. like 4570 etc. with smokeless Not black powder

I have, when I first got my shiloh sharps 45-70

Made a mixture of hydraulic fluid, toilet bowl wax and left over graphite. Was living in boondocks, was all I had on hand.

Lyman 457125 loaded in front of 33 grains of reloder7 shot excellent for me.

 

[gunlaker]

One of the best cast bullet lubes, Alberta Schuetzen Lube, which has been used to win many matches, uses wax toilet seal as one of it's many ingredients.

Chris.

 

[yomomma]

One of the best cast bullet lubes, Alberta Schuetzen Lube, which has been used to win many matches, uses wax toilet seal as one of it's many ingredients.

Chris.

That may have been when the rings were made out of actual wax