Leading update

Unfortunately this sub has so little traffic and so few users that I doubt I need to link you to my previous post....but in case you didn’t see it, it’s titled “Leading”.

So I ended up ordering a 452 sizing die and grabbed some Johnson’s paste wax.

I sized 50 of the 255 SWC that were already lubed with LLA and then relubed with 45/45/10. I also reduced the load further to 8.0 gr of unique.

Went to the range today. These definitely had LESS leading than the previous load/lube combo (~9gr unique and light coat of LLA) but still not acceptable in my opinion. FYSA the leading is all in the second half of the bore towards the muzzle —indicating lube failure.

I think I’m ditching the tumble lube and moving on to powder coat. Hopefully this works...my wife is close to killing me for all of these purchases.

I’m going with harbor freight powder. Out of haste I bought the matte black today, not realizing that it’s widely known for not working without an actual ES gun. I’ll return it and swap for red on Monday.

Having said that, any tips for shake and bake with HF red? I already picked up a cheap toaster oven and will test with a thermo to make sure I know where 400 actually is on the dial. I also already have airsoft bb’s and #5 plastic tubs.