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Many winters ago when I first started shooting cast bullets and BP, the few times I didn't take pains to keep a clean bullet base and the wad stuck to it I got flyers. If you're willing to share, how did those loads shoot and what's your secret?
Vic
No secrets, here. I figure it was a combination of factors that made it work all right. First, the ranges fired were under 25 yards, so small problems with accuracy didn't have time to become big ones.
Second, the lube that I used is pretty good for most purposes. I've got the recipe around somewhere, but the basic ingredients are dark lithium grease, bee's wax, olive oil, and a little bit of unscented, undyed soap base to keep things from seperating into layers as the lube cools. Although it's a fairly soft lube, it doesn't melt at normal outdoor temperatures. However, it seems to almost completely liquify under the pressure and heat of firing. That makes it a bad glue for holding bits of lube or wad on my bullets, which is a plus. It all leaves the bullet right after the bullet leaves the muzzle.
The lithium isn't traditional, but I like it for it's high melting temperature. I would normally use crisco or tallow, instead of lithium, for black powder, especially if I can count on having cooler weather. In this case, I used the lithium based grease, and it worked fine.
