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frumious · May 17, 2012, 08:19 PM

I used to buy moly-coated pistol bullets. They were always lead. So I thought moly was a lead-only thing. However, when I look at Hornady's jacketed rifle bullets (in, say .308 and .224) I see a lot of times they are offered with and without moly, for the same price. And since non-jacketed rounds are usually cheaper than jacketed rounds, I figure these Hornady rounds with the moly must be jacketed. I didn't know you could lube a jacketed bullet.

So can I take some of my regular-old jacketed bullets and tumble-lube some alox onto 'em?

-cls

May 17, 2012, 08:19 PM	#1
frumious Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2009 Location: Carrollton TX Posts: 521	Lube on jacketed bullets? I used to buy moly-coated pistol bullets. They were always lead. So I thought moly was a lead-only thing. However, when I look at Hornady's jacketed rifle bullets (in, say .308 and .224) I see a lot of times they are offered with and without moly, for the same price. And since non-jacketed rounds are usually cheaper than jacketed rounds, I figure these Hornady rounds with the moly must be jacketed. I didn't know you could lube a jacketed bullet. So can I take some of my regular-old jacketed bullets and tumble-lube some alox onto 'em? -cls