Rooster Jacket

zxcvbob · September 1, 2008, 09:56 PM

Anybody use the stuff? I'm familiar with using Lee Liquid Alox on micro-banded bullets (haven't tried it on bullets with conventional lube grooves.) Is Rooster Jacket applied the same way, or does it need to go on a lot thicker? I bought a pint from Midway and want to try it on some 120 grain .358 bullets instead of running them thru the lubrisizer. I'll be loading them in .38 Specials.

zxcvbob · September 8, 2008, 08:07 PM

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VaFisher · September 9, 2008, 06:52 AM

Ask Midway they will get you a answer.

zxcvbob · September 25, 2008, 06:50 PM

I tried it. I drizzled a little on the bullets in a plastic bowl, sloshed them around, and set them base-down on some wax paper with a pair of forceps to dry overnight. They were milky-looking when wet, then when dried they looked unlubed. I loaded them anyway.

120-something grain bullets in mixed .38 Special cases, with 4.5 grains of Green Dot and Wolf sp primers. This is not a light target load but kind of upper-end standard-pressure.

The bullets don't have a crimp groove, so I crimped into the lube groove. (they almost look like heeled bullets after I crimped them.) I had to run about 10% of them thru a Lee FCD to post-size them because the bullets swelled the cases too much to chamber easily. I need to sort my brass by headstamp for this because almost all of the ones I had trouble with were CBC brass (and one military case, I don't remember its headstamp)

After shooting 100 rounds, the bore looked unusually clean -- even though Green Dot is not known for burning cleanly. I ran a cleaning brush (dry) thru the bore a couple of times and the bore looked polished (one sliver of lead about an inch long came out of the rifling, I don't know if that was there before or not.) I've never had a bore clean up that easily. I really think it was cleaner than before I shot it.

I can't comment on the accuracy yet because I'm out of practice and my shooting sucks. My slow-fire targets looked pretty good though. And there was no excessive smoke like there with Alox-based lubes.

zxcvbob · October 2, 2008, 03:16 PM

I was lubing a bunch more bullets last night with Rooster Jacket, and I noticed how much it looks and smells like GB wire-pulling lube "Wire-Aide" -- except the Rooster Jacket is thinner. I know some folks use GB Wire-Aide as a neck-sizing lube for rifle cartridges. Is there any chance that if I thin Wire Aide down with hot water to the consistency of buttermilk that it will work as a bullet lube? Both products are water emulsions of wax and dry to a film...

It probably won't work but I gotta try it. What's the worst that can happen.

September 1, 2008, 09:56 PM	#1
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	Rooster Jacket Anybody use the stuff? I'm familiar with using Lee Liquid Alox on micro-banded bullets (haven't tried it on bullets with conventional lube grooves.) Is Rooster Jacket applied the same way, or does it need to go on a lot thicker? I bought a pint from Midway and want to try it on some 120 grain .358 bullets instead of running them thru the lubrisizer. I'll be loading them in .38 Specials. __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth

September 25, 2008, 06:50 PM	#4
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	I tried it. I drizzled a little on the bullets in a plastic bowl, sloshed them around, and set them base-down on some wax paper with a pair of forceps to dry overnight. They were milky-looking when wet, then when dried they looked unlubed. I loaded them anyway. 120-something grain bullets in mixed .38 Special cases, with 4.5 grains of Green Dot and Wolf sp primers. This is not a light target load but kind of upper-end standard-pressure. The bullets don't have a crimp groove, so I crimped into the lube groove. (they almost look like heeled bullets after I crimped them.) I had to run about 10% of them thru a Lee FCD to post-size them because the bullets swelled the cases too much to chamber easily. I need to sort my brass by headstamp for this because almost all of the ones I had trouble with were CBC brass (and one military case, I don't remember its headstamp) After shooting 100 rounds, the bore looked unusually clean -- even though Green Dot is not known for burning cleanly. I ran a cleaning brush (dry) thru the bore a couple of times and the bore looked polished (one sliver of lead about an inch long came out of the rifling, I don't know if that was there before or not.) I've never had a bore clean up that easily. I really think it was cleaner than before I shot it. I can't comment on the accuracy yet because I'm out of practice and my shooting sucks. My slow-fire targets looked pretty good though. And there was no excessive smoke like there with Alox-based lubes. __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth Last edited by zxcvbob; September 26, 2008 at 08:29 PM.

October 2, 2008, 03:16 PM	#5
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	I was lubing a bunch more bullets last night with Rooster Jacket, and I noticed how much it looks and smells like GB wire-pulling lube "Wire-Aide" -- except the Rooster Jacket is thinner. I know some folks use GB Wire-Aide as a neck-sizing lube for rifle cartridges. Is there any chance that if I thin Wire Aide down with hot water to the consistency of buttermilk that it will work as a bullet lube? Both products are water emulsions of wax and dry to a film... It probably won't work but I gotta try it. What's the worst that can happen. __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth

September 8, 2008, 08:07 PM	#2
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	bump

September 9, 2008, 06:52 AM	#3
VaFisher Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2006 Posts: 596	Ask Midway they will get you a answer.