by wildcatter » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:58 am
All in all, I do like the spray lubes because of the ease of application. I like them for cleaning and lubing of our weapons as well. Just spray a little into an action and the mist will migrate to everywhere you need it. And I use mostly automotive stuff. Like carb or brake cleaner, to break our soot and then any kind of automotive spray-on silicon based lube, for a protectorate lube, but for that job and cold weather, give me the full synthetics. But then there are spray lubs and then there are spray lubs, if you get my meaning.
Did that Dillon lube allow you to draw those 325gr Hornadys' or the Barnes in one pass?
By the way, just for the record, what we are calling Swagging is actually Drawing (and I'm afraid I am guilty of bastardizing the language in this matter myself). Swagging is when you are bumping the bullet up to a larger diameter, which is something you can do if you are making bullets from scratch. If one were to Swag, say an already made 230gr bullet to 458, you could expect jacket destruction, as it comes out of the die, or jacket separation in flight or certainly, on impact. I've seen all three cases, every time we try it. As an aside, those, so called cry baby gurus (they are ex-perts,, not good enough to be real perts..wink) on the other channels, that have been following your progress in our drawing projects, are thinking they can just bump our bullets up to 458, they are in for a big surprise, especially if the jackets come off in the bore and they follow up with another shot..oop-sie.. The bad part of it is, they are going to wound and have allot of animals get away, to die somewhere else..t
Safety First..t