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In my original 1861 Springfield, I fill the base with Crisco. Now, I don't shoot it a lot, so I can't say how that works after 30 or 40 rounds (that would represent a year or two's worth of shooting of the old gun), but it remains very accurate after 150 year
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I have also packed the base of the bullet with lube, but I have been told that this may give inconsistent accuracy as sometimes more and sometimes less lube stays with the bullet as it leaves the barrel, which alters the bullet mass, affecting ballistics, and may alter the balance of the bullet as it spins, resulting in loss of accuracy.
I don't know if this is true or not.
I now lube through a Lyman lubrisizer.
Steve