Rodfac
posted this
01 November 2013
Also had good luck with 45-45-10 used as an add'l lube for commercially cast bullets. I have about a thousand Silver Creek .358 dia. 158 gr LSWC's that have a hard blue lube in them. Moderate loads of 231, WST, Unique, and Herco always gave me some, but not much leading in my .357's and a cpl .38's (one Ruger Flat Top, a Smith M19, two Smith M60's, a Smith M36 and another Smith M637). Not wanting to slug them all, but rather just shoot the Silver Ck bullets without a lot of add'l work, I re-lubed them using the swirl method with slightly heated 45-45-10.
Results were quite surprising...virtually no leading for over 100 rounds in all of the above...and best of all, about ten minutes of work at the outside. I'm getting some add'l smoke...not a problem on my own farm range and super accuracy. Offhand groups from a modified, Weaver Stance, two-handed with the double action revolvers run down around an inch from my 12 yd line. In some cases, I'm getting one ragged group with two consecutive cylinders full.
Seated with a back rest (Keith's old long range position), twenty five yard groups with my 5” bbl'd M60 Smith and the 4-5/8” bbl'd Ruger Flat Top are < 1.5” if I"m having a good eyes day and the morning sun's behind me...
Using that 45-45-10 is a no-brainer and works just as well with some commercially cast .44's and .45's. I don't push my velocities beyond 1000 fps for the most part and use the above for practice SD shooting and some informal bullseye work.
Best Regards, Rod