The other day whilst watching one of Larry Potterfield's "how to" shorts, he was loading paper patch ammo for one of his Sharps. After loading the powder and wad, I watched him literally pour the molten grease medium into the case, let solidify then proceed with the rest of the loading process. Any of you experts do or even seen anyone do this? J
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With a properly sized, THICK ENOUGH vegetable fiber wad, and a beeswax rich lube , should be do-able.
Don't ask me how one would control the volume, though.
GTC
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With a properly sized, THICK ENOUGH vegetable fiber wad, and a beeswax rich lube , should be do-able.
Don't ask me how one would control the volume, though.
GTC
Greg,
That was exactly my thought -- it could be done, but how could you make pouring as consistent as cutting a grease cookie from a uniform sheet for example?
I don't know that you could John. As I said (and Cross will verify) lube migration is a prob for hot region shooters as it is. The only way this looks doable is for that batch of ammo to get used PRONTO as in as soon as it sets up.
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I don't know that you could John. As I said (and Cross will verify) lube migration is a prob for hot region shooters as it is. The only way this looks doable is for that batch of ammo to get used PRONTO as in as soon as it sets up.
To be honest, I hadn't thought of the lube migrating with warm temperatures.
Up here near the Arctic Circle, it is pretty much Fall already, and the hottest day we had this summer was 24C (75F).
At the temperatures they get in the southern parts of the US, I'd be worried about ME melting, not just the lube in my ammo!
I don't know that you could John. As I said (and Cross will verify) lube migration is a prob for hot region shooters as it is. The only way this looks doable is for that batch of ammo to get used PRONTO as in as soon as it sets up.
With the right wads, and lube formula this WILL work,...John Walters makes "Tight Wads" in .030 and .060,....I'd venture that it would take a pretty oily lube to penetrate one of those. Sure doesn't make much sense to focus on uniform and consistent bullet weights, and than throw everything out of kilter with wampus grease cookie protocols.
Sure would make for damn good weatherproofing, I guess.
GTC
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I've dabbled a little with lube cookies. I melted SPG in a baking pan, until it was in a layer about 1/8" thick. Then set it aside to cool.
prime & charge cases, compress the powder with a die, put a wad over the powder. Then push the case mouth into the layer of lube, like a cookie cutter. Thumb seat another wad on top of the cookie, then use a 7.62x39 case head to push the wad & cookie against the over-powder wad. Seat bullet.
Not claiming it's the best way, but it worked for me.
Me neither, but since I saw Larry do it, I figured to ask here!
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A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
Make the volume of the dipper exactly what you want and it will dispense the same amt each time as long as you fill to the top and don't spill any. A cookie mold is the only way to fly for exact consistency of the cookies size and damned all easier to use than cutting cookies from the sheet method. Magnum Man
Well, he's got the right wads, and a dipper spooled up out of some sorta' short cartridge case that should give pretty repeatable payloads. I don't see how this CAN'T work. No WAY that lube gets past that Walters vegetable fiber wad.
.....NEAT !
GTC
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