When you tumble lube with LEE Liquid ALOX..............

[NB Rifles]

do you clean the lube off the bottom of the bullets before loading them? talking about (.45 ACP) here. Thanks!

 

[yomomma]

No.

 

[Prairie Plinker]

Nope. Tumble, dry, load.

 

[NaviDave]

Does it dry enough on the exposed bullets or do you have to clean up loaded rounds to avoid dirty mags? Not an issue for revolvers obviously.

 

[Chrossphyre]

Maybe try powder coating and avoid the whole thing?

 

[yomomma]

Does it dry enough on the exposed bullets or do you have to clean up loaded rounds to avoid dirty mags? Not an issue for revolvers obviously.

Have you ever thought ; hmmmm wonder how many millions of people shoot these every year with no problems

 

[NaviDave]

I have read threads complaining about contaminated magazines - perhaps due to heat in some climates/times of year.

 

[aric84]

I have read threads complaining about contaminated magazines - perhaps due to heat in some climates/times of year.

I just dampen a cloth with mineral spirits and wipe down the loaded bullet to avoid gunking up my tube mag on my 86 Winchester. Probably not necessary but it is fairly quick and easy to do.

 

[burnaby]

Switch to PC, don't foresee ever ALOXing again. Dirty start to finish, makes a mess of my revolver.

Maybe try powder coating and avoid the whole thing?

 

[NB Rifles]

I just dampen a cloth with mineral spirits and wipe down the loaded bullet to avoid gunking up my tube mag on my 86 Winchester. Probably not necessary but it is fairly quick and easy to do.

I've been doing this with the few hundred .45 cast loads I've loaded in the .45 and do the same with the cast bullets in my .44 Mag Henry, a little extra work but I've got the time.

 

[caperbound]

After I tumble lube I sit the bullets upright on a folded open inside of a cereal box. The cardboard sucks up the excess lube on the base. Not sure if it matters or not but it's preference to me. Once all assembled I do wipe the exterior with brake clean on a rag to remove the gunk.

 

[sahara]

I tumble lube in Alox, then dry for a few days. Then I've loaded and shot them with no other prep. I've shot perhaps two thousand in my 44/40, 44 Special, and 45ACP.
None of this involves heat or magazines but for what I use them for they work fine.

 

[ted_dent]

do you clean the lube off the bottom of the bullets before loading them? talking about (.45 ACP) here. Thanks!

Don't go crazy on the amount of lube you put on. At 45 ACP velocities you don't need it to be very thick. I warm mine up in the microwave so it's not much thicker than water and as long as it covers the bullet you're good to go. Never had any leading problems in my 45s with this technique.

 

[redruns]

use less

much much less

Powder coating is great too, especially if you like the burning paint smell.

 

[donor]

Nope.Load,fire away.

As for gunk gumming up action and mags-I dilute Alox with mineral oil to fix that.I think for my needs Alox comes in to much of a concentrate and/or I put too much Alox on boolits.

When diluted gunk is gone and shooting produces far less smoke.Cleaning is easier too.

 

[NB Rifles]

Thanks guys! I picked up a few good pointers in this post.

 

[easyrider604]

I've been doing this with the few hundred .45 cast loads I've loaded in the .45 and do the same with the cast bullets in my .44 Mag Henry, a little extra work but I've got the time.

/\ This! But only because I like shiney heads. Otherwise totally unnecessary in my experience.

 

[Dwag]

easy peasy sig 45 squeezy. tumble,dry,load and good to go.

 

[10x]

How many use a Ziplock bag to tumble lube?