stagpanther
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I've posted on several parts of this forum about my recent foray into the world of 22lr shooting--I never had a 22lr gun before so I was "carried away" in my enthusiasm and went all in buying a CZ 457 and other goodies to go with it.
I also became intrigued with the idea of reloading, and started doing so using Cutting Edge's offerings which are very well made and from what I've observed precisely engineered to work very well in faster twist barrels.
My knowledge is pretty sketchy, and like others did a google and found some information that seemed to hint at lubricating the bullets--much as one would with conventional "other" 22 lr bullets. I did this with a recent test of 42 gr CURX bullets--and ended up with a squibb stuck in the bore of my new Lilja barrel. The curious thing was the bullet that lodged was at the top charge weight of the tested loads. I got the bullet out eventually but not before doing some gouge damage to the bore.
I called CE--and it appears I'm not the only one who has made the same mistake. Bottom line--DO NOT use any lubrication on solid copper bullets (at least those of CE) as that does not aid in helping performance (quite the opposite, actually) and probably results in the a cumulative drag of the bullet in the bore resulting in what happened to me and others.
I also became intrigued with the idea of reloading, and started doing so using Cutting Edge's offerings which are very well made and from what I've observed precisely engineered to work very well in faster twist barrels.
My knowledge is pretty sketchy, and like others did a google and found some information that seemed to hint at lubricating the bullets--much as one would with conventional "other" 22 lr bullets. I did this with a recent test of 42 gr CURX bullets--and ended up with a squibb stuck in the bore of my new Lilja barrel. The curious thing was the bullet that lodged was at the top charge weight of the tested loads. I got the bullet out eventually but not before doing some gouge damage to the bore.
I called CE--and it appears I'm not the only one who has made the same mistake. Bottom line--DO NOT use any lubrication on solid copper bullets (at least those of CE) as that does not aid in helping performance (quite the opposite, actually) and probably results in the a cumulative drag of the bullet in the bore resulting in what happened to me and others.