Lube Recipes using Mutton Tallow

[Kurt]

Tallow by it's self does make a good lube like Bill said, but not for a GG bullet. The lube will not hold well in the grooves and it is to hard for pan lubing unless you use a cutter and then you have to load it because the lube dont stick in the grooves to well.
Using it for a pan lubed GG just a little oil added will make it flex and stick in the grooves better.
Straight 3/16" or 1/4" tallow lube wads like I use right on the powder will not degrade the powder even with the loads sitting in a hot truck on a hot day and it works very good for a lube but looking down the bore after shooting the bore will be a lot darker from fouling that stays behind that gets stuck to the lube that is left behind from the hot flame that is right in contact by sitting on the powder and I think most if not all the lube wad gets used because I have never found one on the ground like a lube wad sandwiched between two cards. But the fouling that is left behind is soft.
A card is needed under the bullet if the patch is not twisted and tucked into the base cup. If you patch with the twisted tail tucked in the cup you dont even need a wad under the PP bullet with this lube wad if the bullet cast soft. Hard cast you need a good wad under the bullet of you will get possible gas cuts.


Kurt