Lee 38 wad cutter 6 cavity

[Pistolero]

I have a large number of .38 WC molds and the Lee TL is a good one. I coat with BLL
and load sprue fwd with very good results.

Bill

 

[Ben]

ME - 2 Ditto ! ! !

Ben

 

[KHornet]

Ah yes, all of us with much time reloading, have our share of
Bubba like experiances. Hopefully we learned from them.

Paul

 

[John]

I have that mold as I get my best accuracy with a WC with one groove lubed. I do use BLL with it as well for non match stuff and it shoots almost as well. I run it through a NOE sizing die and 3 .5 gr BE for 2 Smith K frames.

 

[RBHarter]

A wise man once said " experience is some you get about 10 seconds after you needed it " . Very few truer words were ever spoken . I've found it to be 100% true .

 

[Ian]

Some equally true are "you can't buy experience, but you'll sure pay to get it".

 

[Longone]

So I had the opportunity yesterday to cast some with my new Lee 148 TL mold. Now it's time to get the Lee Alox ready for use, Ian recommended using 5-8% Bee"s wax to improve on it. Since I don't have any pure Bee's wax I was looking for your thoughts on using either Xlox 2500, BAC, or Carnuba Red.
Or wouldI be better off finding some Lundmark brand wax? Liquid or paste, will it matter?

 

[bullseye67]

Good morning,
I would suggest a cup of boiled water to set the bottle of ALOX in. Only when it is hot and liquid, should sound like water, when you shake it. Use a glove!!
While heating/liquifing the ALOX.
Put 2 handfuls about 400 in a heat safe container and pop them on a hot plate or in a toaster oven until the ALOX is ready.
Pour the really warm boolits into a plastic container with lid. Draw an “X” with the hot ALOX swirl and shake a couple of times. Pour out and let dry.
If you see lots of clumps of ALOX of the boolits. Next batch do exactly the same but add a 1/2 teaspoon of mineral spirits.
At the speed WC are shot at I doubt you will have any issues.
Back in the day I used to use floor wax from the bowling alley and a propane torch to heat boolits and wax in a coffee can swirling them around to get an event coating of wax. Dumped them out on cardboard let them dry. Load and shoot. Of course back then I did all this to save money . Now I have gotten sumfisitumcated!!!!

 

[fiver]

the bac or 2500 will both do the job.
you don't need a ton of it, just melt both real well and add a little mineral spirits then apply the mix while melted and the bullets are hot, it will flow over the bullets like water.

 

[Longone]

Thanks for the replies, as soon as I've finished my "honey doo list" I'll get going on this.