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From: cash@convex.com (Peter Cash)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: flowing lubrication (kinky, eh?)
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Date: 11 Jun 91 21:14:49 GMT
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##From ataylor@nmsu.edu:
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#| I have two quick questions regarding cast bullets.
#| 
#| First: I purchased some 158 grain .38's recently and 
#| stupidly left them in the truck while in town. Now that
#| pretty blue lube has, to a varying degree, melted. Some
#| of the bullets still have most of the lube in the groove,
#| while others are almost bare. I intended to get involved
#| in bullet casting SOMEDAY, but it looks like I better
#| learn how to lube cast bullets real soon. 

Hmmm. I have pretty much the same question. I purchased some bullets the
other day that were lubed very unevenly.  About half the bullets had spotty
lube--unevenly distributed, that is. How serious is this? Should I return
the bullets? And what is the function of the lube, anyway? Does it actually
ease the travel of the lead bullet down the barrel, or what?



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