Gents and Ladies, In this fine sport or madness we all proceed through a learning curve. Some of us are lucky to have a knowledgeable mentor to aid us in our education of lead bullets, single shot rifles, and the equipment needed to take part in the endeavor of SSRs. I had not till I found the ASSRA forum. A few years back when I first afflicted with the urge to shoot cast bullets in a single shot I cast many bullets and pan lubed then with a concoction of my own lube. Now after that time they have dried out, and I would like to remove the old lube and re-lube the bullets with a lube that I like much better. The new lube I bought from CPA is a winner in my book. Would like to hear some suggestion on the best and easiest way to remove the old dry lube form my bullets. I really don't want to wipe each one clean by hand, nor do I just want to melt the bullets down and recast. A lesson I've learned from this is not to lube my bullets too far in advance. I also seal the box shut they are stored in.
 
      Thanks in advance for your suggestions, Sendaro

If you put them in the oven at 200 degrees, it should melt the lube with no danger of fire.

Frank

Wow! Lots of good suggestions. Thanks. I like the one about putting them in boiling water and letting the lube come to the top and cool into a cake to be removed. I plan to give that a try. I believe it will do it.

You guys are the best! Thanks again.

                                  Sendaro

Tried shooting some about a week ago without good results. No leading but no good grouping either. Would just as soon de-grease and re-lube with some JSL. 

                           thanks, Sendaro

It was Bees wax, Crisco, and bear oil rendered for a nice fat Adirondack black bear. Seemed like the thing to do at the time. However it's got to go now!

                    Sendaro

frnkeore wrote on Nov 21^st, 2014 at 2:08pm:


This is exactly what I did and it worked out great.

yep,  usually purchasing stuff can be negotiated, worked-around, or obfuscated;  but messing up the kitchen with reloading, casting, or other "kitchen-table-gunsmithing" can be life threatening, at least if eating is part of your quality-of-life, and it can spill over into other critical areas of happy coexistence as well.

A lube that survived an extreme example:
* My reloading room was under 36" of salt water being flooded by Super Storm Sandy ...
* Many trays and containers of pan lubed bullets in the salt water
* Nearly all of the lubed bullets did not have any of the lube removed
* Also I cast 60 lbs of 454190's for 45 Colt at one casting session.  I can't shoot all of the pan lubed in one year.  The lube does not dry out
The recipe is:
*40% Mutton Tallow
* 40% Paraffin
* 20% Beeswax
This recipe is used for both smokeless & black powder reloads with no leading or lube starvation, including at 3650 fps in a 220 Swift