russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ Kepler) (06/11/91)
I received the following from ataylor@nmsu.edu. I answered with my understanding, but would like to hear the "net view". Please understand that *I* wouldn't leave lube or lubed bullets in *my* truck, and that it's ataylor that did the evil deed. ;-) [For the uninitiated my bad habit is shooting those random loads that I find in my cleaning kit after cleaning them up. Shouldn't do it, but always do. I must be in some confessing mode today...] #From ataylor@nmsu.edu: | I have two quick questions regarding cast bullets. | | First: I purchased some 158 grain .38's recently and | stupidly left them in the truck while in town. Now that | pretty blue lube has, to a varying degree, melted. Some | of the bullets still have most of the lube in the groove, | while others are almost bare. I intended to get involved | in bullet casting SOMEDAY, but it looks like I better | learn how to lube cast bullets real soon. | | Any tips on the easiest way to clean this mess up? | I don't want to load these bullets right now until | at least they amount of lube is evenly distributed | and is located only in the grease groove, right? | | Second: In view of the above difficulty, what does | cartridges? If I have cartridges loaded with cast | bullets that, for whatever reason (like sitting in | the sun at the range) get hotter than the melting point | of lube, should I pull the bullets? I really do NOT | want to shoot ammo that has melted bullet lube mixing | inside the cartridge case with the powder... | | | Post or email in response as you prefer. | | ataylor@gauss.nmsu.edu | -- Russ Kepler - Basis Int'l SNAIL: 5901 Jefferson NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 UUCP: bbx.basis.com!russ PHONE: 505-345-5232
JCEHC%CUNYVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu (06/12/91)
In article <35432@mimsy.umd.edu>, bbx!bbx.basis.com!russ@unmvax.cs.unm.edu (Russ
Kepler) says:
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#I received the following from ataylor@nmsu.edu. I answered with
#my understanding, but would like to hear the "net view".
##From ataylor@nmsu.edu:
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#| I have two quick questions regarding cast bullets.
#|
#| First: I purchased some 158 grain .38's recently and
#| stupidly left them in the truck while in town. Now that
#| pretty blue lube has, to a varying degree, melted. Some
#| of the bullets still have most of the lube in the groove,
#| while others are almost bare. I intended to get involved
#| in bullet casting SOMEDAY, but it looks like I better
#| learn how to lube cast bullets real soon.
#|
#| Any tips on the easiest way to clean this mess up?
#| I don't want to load these bullets right now until
#| at least they amount of lube is evenly distributed
#| and is located only in the grease groove, right?
#|
The easiest and cheapest way to re-lube cast bullets is to use Lee
Liquid Alox. It comes in a small plastic squirt bottle. You simply
place a quantity of the bullets in a plastic container (with or without
a lid), squirt the Liquid Alox on the bullets, and swish them around until
they are coated with the brownish stuff. Then place the bullets on a
sheet of waxed paper to dry. In a day or so they will be dry and look
as if they had been varnished. Afterwards, you can reload these bullets.
About a year or two ago, a cop friend of mine gave me several hundred
38 wadcutters which had not been lubed or sized. Not having a lubrisizer,
I bought a bottle of the Lee Liquid Alox, lubed in the manner described
above, and shot them unsized. (unsized the were .359 diameter).Since then
I have gradually gotten involved in casting but since I still don't have
a lubrisizer, I still lube my bullets with Lee Liquid Alox and size them
with the cheap Lee sizing die. (I hope to get more involved in cast bullet
shooting, rifle and pistol, and plan to buy a lubrisizer this summer.)
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##From ataylor@nmsu.edu:
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#| I have two quick questions regarding cast bullets.
#|
#| First: I purchased some 158 grain .38's recently and
#| stupidly left them in the truck while in town. Now that
#| pretty blue lube has, to a varying degree, melted. Some
#| of the bullets still have most of the lube in the groove,
#| while others are almost bare. I intended to get involved
#| in bullet casting SOMEDAY, but it looks like I better
#| learn how to lube cast bullets real soon.
Hmmm. I have pretty much the same question. I purchased some bullets the
other day that were lubed very unevenly. About half the bullets had spotty
lube--unevenly distributed, that is. How serious is this? Should I return
the bullets? And what is the function of the lube, anyway? Does it actually
ease the travel of the lead bullet down the barrel, or what?
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