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I know an excellent black powder revolver gunsmith in Arizona, @Jackrabbit1957. I don't know if he is on this board.

Of course, and thank you

Thank you for that tip, I will try that next time. As it is I discovered the beeswax bullets I was using for the lube base are VERY old and that might be why the home made lube won't stay on the...

I don't know, but it's worth exploring! Yes, I PC'd some of them last night and loaded up testers with AA#2 for the conversion cylinder and the Judge.

Yeah, sorry, I have what I have, can't afford a new machine right now, my bad. I apologize.
Thank you to everyone for your help, much appreciated.

Well, it seemed there was for me...

These tumbled in media and polish for about 3 hours. The BP ones one the left, smokeless on the right.

https://i.imgur.com/Ef3gEcu.jpg

So, I think next...

Yes, cast these up with the range Lead, which is as close to dead soft as I can get. NICE big lube groove.
https://i.imgur.com/73ykrfd.jpg

Whoops - I forgot to separate the brass on the line, and they tumbled with the rest of the brass. I guess they will be easy to spot when I dump it in a few minutes. Live and learn. Thank you for the...

I am casting some different boolits today. I used the 29 grain starting load from a suggestion from another person.

So, I tried them. Was not impressed.

It was fun, I'll give it that. Da Boy squeezing off his 5.

https://i.imgur.com/IWYxNlo.jpg

And then grabbed this great photo, when he decided to sit...

So here is what I did, in pictures.
I didn't have a cookie cutter for the BP lube, so boolits were dipped, then sized with a Lee push through sizer. Lube is a beeswax/olive oil/something I can't...

Unfortunately, my wife just left her employment to get her breast reconstruction after her 0one year anniversary of the mastectomy, so my toy funds just shrank way down. So while I would love a new...

OK, I have some wax bullets a buddy gave me that I melted to make bullet lube for the paper cartridges;

https://i.imgur.com/FbT2gS4.jpg

which is a mix of the beeswax and olive oil. I will try...

Ok, thank you very much.

Interesting idea. Thank you.

So, that's the question - if i load a standard wad in the case for lube...will the lube cause the powder to go bad over time? Not like I am going to load a ton of these to stash, doubt black powder ...

Good idea!

Why not powder coat? What lube should I use on the bullets? Usually when I load black I just have a wad under the ball. Only lubes I have are either PC or Lee Liquid Alox.

Sorry I didn't get back to this one in a timely manner - my Howell conversion cylinder is coming tomorrow. I am going to use the info you fine gents have given me in three threads, (I obviously was...

I think I have some home made 2F, but my factory powder is all 3F. Conversion cylinder should be in tomorrow, and sizing die should be here maybe the next day. So this weekend I will powdercoat some...

That is my biggest Achilles Heel - dating product. We have not been consistent is making sur older product is moved forward to consume, and have had things go out of date...but following the...

My Uncle was in Bastogne as a medic with the 82nd - it broke his mind. I never really had a chance to talk to him while he was alive. My Stepfather was with the Troop Transport Command ferrying fuel...

This is going to be interesting. All I have is GOEX 3F and Olde Eysnford 3F. What I always liked is a grain weight load, instead of load then crunch. Seems more repeatable that way, even though my...

I'll be looking at everything I can find here for 45 Colt black powder. I got into 45 Colt by accident, (bought a Taurus Judge, and I can't own something I cannot reload, of course), but when I...

I have one NOE mold, all I know about, and it's excellent. Good luck on getting things right, sir.