lubing REAL boolits? Maxie balls? 50 caliber
Reading through many posts about lubing up the Lee boolits I have for my 50, I had an idea that I figured you all might have an opinion on. I'm thinking about getting a .510 sizer ( if I need to I can lap it out bigger) for my Meepos push through luber (which has been modifies to take RCBS or Lyman sizer dies) to lube up the above boolits. The Meepos is filled with LARS 50/50 lube. Seems like a good idea to me, [smilie=1: but I am asking you guys for input, before I spring for the few bucks for the sizer die.
I'm just trying out the pills to see what my Tryon will do with them. BTW go the vernier put on it and I can see the sights again!!!!!!!!
I figured I will cut some card wads and lube them to put under the boolits too.
Any thoughts?
Edd
I mixed a good sized batch of Larry Gibson's lube
and I just dig out a piece out of my container with a knife blade, roll it into the lube grooves by rolling the lubed boolit between my thumb and finger and let the muzzle trim off the excess lube when I load the gun.
Messy at the range when I shoot 50-100 in a day, but prelubed for hunting it should not be a big issue. The advantge of owning a lathe is that I could always spin out a sizing die that would trim the lube and leave the boolit untouched.
I have always been told that petroleum products (Alox and such) and black powder mix to form a tar. Never cared to test and see if that is fact or fiction.