Ruger Bisley 45 Colt SL-71B

[gman]

Shot earlier this morning. 48 degrees with a north wind that felt like it would cut you into. This is the first shooting with bullets lubed with SL-71B. Did not clean the gun from previous sessions shooting pc'd bullets. No visible leading after shooting and my gun was not as greasy outside as with some lubes I've used. Seemed to group tighter as it went. I've got to purge one lubsizer for this stuff so I don't have to finger lube. Target at 30 yards rested.

 

[S Mac]

Very nice gman. Whats your load? Can't read it on the target.

 

[gman]

20 grains 4227 Fed 150. NOE 454-276 SWC. Elmer Keith signature mold. 50/50 air cooled.

 

[Ian]

How was the smoke?

I never found stainless steel barrels to take much of a "seasoning", but the soap lube still takes a bit to settle in. Once you get it shooting right, don't put anything down the bore but boolits and burning powder.

 

[gman]

Smoke wasn't bad. Noticeable swapping from pc back to lube. Outside of gun was cleaner than expected.

 

[Missionary]

Good morning
Going to have to try some soap when we are up north next time.
With all the new ideas that keep popping up I seriously doubt we will ever use up all the lubes we have made and tried and never finished up.

 

[Ian]

The small beeswax component likely will leave a little more film on the revolver than SL-68, and the paraffin component might slightly contribute to the smoke factor, but over-all the SL-71B should be much more "dry" and less smokey than typical beeswax-based lubes.

 

[9.3X62AL]

For us desert denizens.......be observant of your surroundings in areas where Africanized honey bees are known to hang out, or even of domestic bees in a hive's hunting radius when firing with the beeswax lubes. Both types of bees interpret the smoke as meaning that someone is burning their house down, and they object strenuously to this otherwise bad information. Very not good.

 

[Ian]

I think we need a much taller wall. And 30 years ago. Ground hornets, fire ants, Africanized honey bees, Zika-infested mosquitoes, all come from Mexico, and that's not all. When I was a boy we had horn toads, red ants, and all the honey bees were polite.

 

[Pistolero]

I remember nice honey bees they were called European honey bees. The African kinds are not as nice....hmm. Better
not comment on that.

Bill