Lube for cast bullets

savagelover · November 22, 2011, 08:08 PM

I will be using smokeless powder in my 45-70 sharps rifle ..I got away from the black stuff..It was fun though...
My question is,if I keep to the same muzzle velocity does it matter if the lube
is for black powder or the other type of lube's for cast bullets...Hope I aint cornfusing you here...Thanks John

Ideal Tool · November 22, 2011, 09:47 PM

Hello, savagelover. You will be fine using the same lube for smokeless. I have been making my own lubes for 40 years, and I have found the softer consistancy lubes to be more accurate even in smokeless loads.

TXGunNut · November 22, 2011, 10:24 PM

I like SPG for all my big-bore, big-groove, slow boolits...regardless of what I push them with.

noylj · November 24, 2011, 01:56 AM

The same lube will work. I understand the BP does not work well with petroleum products, so vegetable/animal oils and fats are used.
I could go into the ease of shooting as-cast and tumble-lubed bullets using LLA, but you are NOT a newbee to lead bullets.

November 22, 2011, 08:08 PM	#1
savagelover Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2011 Location: Alpine,,NY Posts: 254	Lube for cast bullets I will be using smokeless powder in my 45-70 sharps rifle ..I got away from the black stuff..It was fun though... My question is,if I keep to the same muzzle velocity does it matter if the lube is for black powder or the other type of lube's for cast bullets...Hope I aint cornfusing you here...Thanks John

November 22, 2011, 10:24 PM	#3
TXGunNut Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2010 Location: If you have to ask... Posts: 2,860	I like SPG for all my big-bore, big-groove, slow boolits...regardless of what I push them with. __________________ Life Member NRA, TSRA Smokeless powder is a passing fad! -Steve Garbe I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it. -Woodrow F. Call Lonesome Dove My favorite recipes start out with a handful of used wheelweights.

November 22, 2011, 09:47 PM	#2
Ideal Tool Junior member Join Date: October 6, 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,080	Hello, savagelover. You will be fine using the same lube for smokeless. I have been making my own lubes for 40 years, and I have found the softer consistancy lubes to be more accurate even in smokeless loads.

November 24, 2011, 01:56 AM	#4
noylj Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2007 Location: Between CA and NM Posts: 858	The same lube will work. I understand the BP does not work well with petroleum products, so vegetable/animal oils and fats are used. I could go into the ease of shooting as-cast and tumble-lubed bullets using LLA, but you are NOT a newbee to lead bullets.