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I have been reloading for over 5 years now (closing in on 50,000 rounds, mostly pistol calibers but 5 or 6 rifle as well) I started casting a year or two ago and used to tumble lube my bullets. I have been reading up on pan lubing and thought I'd like to try that with my .45 ACP castings. Bought the gear, settled on one of the simpler recipes I found in Cast Boolits forum and started melting yesterday. My recipe was halved down from the original due to the size of my melting pan (It just barely fit at half). It consisted of:
1/2# Beeswax
1/2# Gulf Wax
1/2# Petroleum Jelly
About an ounce of STP Gas Treatment
1 crayon for color
I melted the ingredients in my steam cooker at 160deg, then poured them around my projectiles sitting base-down in Teflon baking pans. I had just enough for 3 pans (about 100 bullets). I let them set for a few hours and the mixture seemed cured. When I popped the bullets out, none of the lube stayed in the grooves. It all ended up on the tip of the round-nosed bullets even though the tips weren't covered and I pushed from the bottom side. The lube seemed very soft as well.
Is there something missing from my recipe that would harden it a little bit more? More Gulf wax? Less Beeswax or jelly? Should I have let it cure longer, maybe overnight?
I know there were a myriad of recipes on that website with some ingredients I have never heard of in my 70 years on this planet. That's why I looked for a simple recipe. Any ideas before I try it again?
1/2# Beeswax
1/2# Gulf Wax
1/2# Petroleum Jelly
About an ounce of STP Gas Treatment
1 crayon for color
I melted the ingredients in my steam cooker at 160deg, then poured them around my projectiles sitting base-down in Teflon baking pans. I had just enough for 3 pans (about 100 bullets). I let them set for a few hours and the mixture seemed cured. When I popped the bullets out, none of the lube stayed in the grooves. It all ended up on the tip of the round-nosed bullets even though the tips weren't covered and I pushed from the bottom side. The lube seemed very soft as well.
Is there something missing from my recipe that would harden it a little bit more? More Gulf wax? Less Beeswax or jelly? Should I have let it cure longer, maybe overnight?
I know there were a myriad of recipes on that website with some ingredients I have never heard of in my 70 years on this planet. That's why I looked for a simple recipe. Any ideas before I try it again?