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    moly as bullet lube?


    i was on reloadersauction's web sight and someone was selling handguns bullets w/ moly as the lube, i've got the lee non swag molds and was wondering if that was an acceptable practice as i am already set up to moly bullets....
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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    Dear God help you boy, you just started another moly thread to argue....
    With moly, it is all a question of what you think. Some swear by it, some swear directly at it.
    I'm a firm believer in the theory that if it bleeds, I can kill it.

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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    no, not another moly debate, my question is can it be used as a replacement for traditionl lubes on cast handgun bullets. i'd never considered it before and saw a guy selling cast bullets cheap that were tumbled in moly but did not use your traditional lubes done during sizing...
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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    I'm familiar with coating jacketed bullets with various dry lube powders, but can their softer relatives (bare lead) be coated as well and does it help with leading?
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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    I have bought lead Magtec bullets, and they are coated with something that sure looks like molly.

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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    hershey, I use to reload for my 41mag, and cast my own bullets, and your talking about the lube used in the sizing and lube die right? If so, I would stick to the waxy lube thats normally injected into the lube channels on the cast bullets. I think powdered Molly is a whole different thing, you need the recommended lube.
    When I reloaded, for my 41mag, I had to keep the speed down to below 1000fps, with out gas checks, or it would lead up the barrel. So keep as eye on this, its vary hard to get out.
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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    yeah your on the right track, but lee has a style of mold that you do not have to size lube, you can just tumble lube and be good to go. i don't fully understand what the lube does, it seems to me that the moly would not be much different.
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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    Over the years just about everything from bees wax to bear grease has been used to lube lead bullets. Yes, moly works just fine. Its just dirtier than most.

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    Re: moly as bullet lube?

    No more lube channels? well, they think of everything. The last time I lubed a bullet was in 1967. Ops its time for my nap now.

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