frnkeore
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First, I must say that 90% of my shooting is PB bullets, shot at <1600 fps. Second, that I'm a guy that only pan lubes, even with GC's. Soap lubes are not useable to me, because of that. I once made a 450 deg soap lube!
Back in the late 80's, I did my lube experimenting and it's a lot of confusing "hit & miss" work.
I have found that my most successful lubes were ones consisting of only two parts (2 exceptions) and that the most accurate were not the most slippery. I think a bullet needs a little drag on it, kind of like a shock absorber, to dampen the pressure fluctuation of the powder gases.
I also like bee's wax as one of the two ingredients of a lube. I would like to try something using BW and peanut oil but, if it's already been tried and doesn't work, I'd like to save a lot of lead and frusteration.
Knowing that peanut oil is the highest temperiture of the common cooking oils, is why I'd like to work with it and my question is, has anyone used Peanut oil in a bullet lube? If so, can you tell me about your results?
Frank
Back in the late 80's, I did my lube experimenting and it's a lot of confusing "hit & miss" work.
I have found that my most successful lubes were ones consisting of only two parts (2 exceptions) and that the most accurate were not the most slippery. I think a bullet needs a little drag on it, kind of like a shock absorber, to dampen the pressure fluctuation of the powder gases.
I also like bee's wax as one of the two ingredients of a lube. I would like to try something using BW and peanut oil but, if it's already been tried and doesn't work, I'd like to save a lot of lead and frusteration.
Knowing that peanut oil is the highest temperiture of the common cooking oils, is why I'd like to work with it and my question is, has anyone used Peanut oil in a bullet lube? If so, can you tell me about your results?
Frank