My first batch of "Glen's Black"

[waco]

I followed his recipe of 14oz beeswax and 14oz high pressure molly grease. Melted it all down in a small pot out in the shop on a hot plate then poured it into a shallow backing pan to cool over night. Super easy to make. I cut the lube out of the pan into strips this morning.

I pulled my Lyman 450 off the bench and boiled it along with a couple H&I sizer dies. I lightly oiled and reassembled the press and mounted it back on the bench. I made the mistake of melting down a bunch of lube and while it was still very hot and in liquid form, dumped it into the lube sizer. It went straight through the press like Montazuma's revenge!

After cleaning up that mess, I decided to just cut the lube into smaller chunks and put them into the press. This worked out just fine.

In all, I ended up with just shy of 2lbs of lube. My first bullets lubed were some Accurate 158gr RNFP for some 38spl's. I will compare results with a know load using BAC. Except for the huge mess I made, it was a fun little experiment making lube for the first time. This stuff is not as messy as I thought it might be. It flows through my Lyman 450 just fine with no heat.It's a bit sticky and tacky compared to BAC but not bad.

I can't wait to get out and shoot some. I sized and lubed 50 38's. I'll load these with 3.2gr of Titegroup.

I'll post a couple pics.

Walter

 

[waco]

 

[Brad]

Does it flow without heat? How tacky is it?

I may try a batch myself, I have plenty of beeswax.

 

[waco]

Brad. It flows just fine with no heat. It's a bit more tacky than BAC but not messy by any means.

 

[waco]

It does not smell as good as BAC though......

 

[Ian]

It will certainly keep your revolvers from rusting, too. It does really well in rifles up to about 95°.

 

[waco]

It does really well in rifles up to about 95°.

We don't see too many 95+ days here in the summer. Maybe a handful. I'm excited to try it out!

 

[Glen]

I pour melted lube into my sizer all the time, and don't have any trouble with it leaking out (OK, sometimes I have trouble pouring it down the outside of the lube-sizer, but that's an aim problem, not a leak problem....). I heat it only until it has the consistency of molasses, no need to heat it all the way to a non-viscous liquid. Did you pour it in when the sizer was bolted down to the bench? Or was it still free-standing? There is some variation in waxes, and if the recipe comes out a little more tacky than you like, you can add just a touch more beeswax to stiffen it up a bit.

 

[waco]

The press was bolted to the bench. I think the lube was just too hot. It was pretty runny....

 

[yodogsandman]

Anyone try it in colder weather, say under 30*F?

 

[Glen]

I have shot with this lube in the mid to low teens with no trouble at all. I have used it in my lube-sizer in my in my unheated garage with no problems down to about 30F (no heat necessary).

 

[yodogsandman]

Nice, I'll have to try it, too. I mostly don't shoot below say 10*F and it's too hot over 90*F or so. Hate waiting for the barrels to cool!

 

[dg31872]

I see a cheese grater on your bench, did you grate the beeswax prior to melting?

 

[waco]

did you grate the beeswax prior to melting?

I started to but then found it was not necessary.I just put the large chunk of wax in the pan and put it over med low heat. It melted just fine.

 

[freebullet]

Better hurry up & shoot some of this Waco. The batch I made hasn't even made it in the sizer yet.