Bullet Lube?

[Hares Ear]

I have had a bit of a play, with my bullets lubed in a mixture of lard and beeswax, with felt wad soaked in the same mixture under the bullet.
The bore fouling was certainly very much less, and a lot softer. But, accuracy was not as good as with alox. So I am going to experiment.
As soon as I can source the neutrogena soap, I will have a go with that mixture. I already have neatsfoot oil.

[loiner1965]

what about wads soaked in bees wax and an olive oil mixture, not sure of %

[Marlin.45]

Depends on the load in the .45LC Marlin. My lube can vary...

• Subsonic rounds (255 grn.) with Nitro the bullet just gets a tumble with liquid Alox.

• +1600 fps Nitro rounds (320grn) get Alox, but a thicker coat (deep grooves in this custom bullet to retain it)

• Subsonic BP rounds get an Alox coat & loaded over a felt wad pre-soaked in Bore Butter or 30% pure Beeswax and 70% axle grease.

All do the job