Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
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Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
Does anyone make a lube block for re-lubing .22 LR bullets ?
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
Sure - it's called Pam High Temperature spray. Pour them onto a paper towel, use a very light spray, and then wrap them in the paper towel for storage. Wrapping them like that helps distribute the spray and absorbs any excess. It isn't elegant or expensive, but the effect on Federal 711B and other dry ammunition is astonishing.GS1458 wrote:Does anyone make a lube block for re-lubing .22 LR bullets ?
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
Sorry, I didn't communiate well, I know about the PAM. I'm looking for a block of some kind with holes drilled in it, as thick as the .22 LR case. So I could put a 100 or so rounds in the block and then spray all 100 with PAM, so your just lubing the bullets.
I found sheet plastic .625 thick on-line and I could hole a 100 or so holes in it, I was just seeing if anyone knew of one already made.
I wonder how many I could sell if I made them ???? LOL
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I found sheet plastic .625 thick on-line and I could hole a 100 or so holes in it, I was just seeing if anyone knew of one already made.
I wonder how many I could sell if I made them ???? LOL
Thanks,
Gary
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I started off sliding the bullets out of the box upside down, and then sliding the holder up far enough to mask the cases so just the bullets got sprayed, and that was more trouble than it was worth. No doubt some of the more anal - er, purist - among is would like an effective mask but I'd rather get to the point where stuff goes bang.
It really takes very little lube to bring dry bullets around, especially once the barrel is seasoned (easy on the oregano, please). I don't use this much right now, but if things stay tight it's good to know.
It really takes very little lube to bring dry bullets around, especially once the barrel is seasoned (easy on the oregano, please). I don't use this much right now, but if things stay tight it's good to know.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
I found the block I was looking for: http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/912 ... e-Products. I just have to finish drilling out the holes all the way to the bottom. Each block holds 100 rounds. I ordered 2, should have them finished by the end of the week.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
I just pop the tray with the holes in it out of old Eley or CCI ammo boxes. Stack about three of them over the rounds until just the bullets are sticking out and start spraying. I haven't seen any results that are "astonishing" but it has improved 711B and Automatch ability to hold better accuracy for longer.
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Some of us with dull lives are more easily astonished...Jason wrote:I haven't seen any results that are "astonishing" but it has improved 711B and Automatch ability to hold better accuracy for longer.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
Jason, that is way too easy.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
i have tried the pam through a mkii, no decernable difference. tried alox bullet lube with outstanding and surprisingly well results.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
A long long time ago in a far away.....never mind....I had built just such a board that would hold 50 rounds and the board was just thick enough to conceal the case while allowing the bullet to be exposed, I would then take a can of Ms.Moly aerosol and spray the bullets with a light coating of moly.I did this with 900,900B,711,711B and even tried it on high end Eley 10x or Lapua Midas and Ultra Match. I really cannot say if it really helped, but it did not seem to hurt. It was very time consuming however.Good ammo is good and bad is bad. You might succeed in making bad ammo a little less bad.....but never as good as good ammo.
A sidenote: I was shooting a smallbore prone Regional a very long time ago, and Lones Wigger was there shooting and as the Federal rep. During a break in the relays, he walked down the line and picked up spent casings to see what everyone was shooting. He picked up one of my spent casings and saw the small amount of moly overspray that had gotten on the case. He looked at me with an odd frown and with a genuine fatherly tone said "Son, you need to have a good gunsmith look at your Gun." He dropped the case and walked on down the line. I remember thinking to myself, what I really need is a couple of cases of Eley 10x in cardboard boxes, circa mid 70's and your HOLD!!!
Roy
A sidenote: I was shooting a smallbore prone Regional a very long time ago, and Lones Wigger was there shooting and as the Federal rep. During a break in the relays, he walked down the line and picked up spent casings to see what everyone was shooting. He picked up one of my spent casings and saw the small amount of moly overspray that had gotten on the case. He looked at me with an odd frown and with a genuine fatherly tone said "Son, you need to have a good gunsmith look at your Gun." He dropped the case and walked on down the line. I remember thinking to myself, what I really need is a couple of cases of Eley 10x in cardboard boxes, circa mid 70's and your HOLD!!!
Roy
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
I can practice and improve. I can buy better gear and ammunition. But I can never sight in offhand.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
I find my zero off the bench is different than my zero off hand, so i can't sight in off the bench, am i the only one?BlauBear wrote:I can practice and improve. I can buy better gear and ammunition. But I can never sight in offhand.
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I can't lock on target to zero off hand, but I know people that can. Spooky. Like statues except for their trigger finger.
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Same here, but I get my true zero off the bench and then adjust accordingly to my off-hand zero. Do this by shooting at paper at the different distances to see where the POI is while shooting off hand.slowstdy wrote:I find my zero off the bench is different than my zero off hand, so i can't sight in off the bench, am i the only one?BlauBear wrote:I can practice and improve. I can buy better gear and ammunition. But I can never sight in offhand.
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Re: Lube Block .22 LR Ammo
My bench zero is different from my offhand zero. Mallory's is too.
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