Alox bullet lube thumbs up in the Texas heat

Having tried various lubes and making several formulations of pan lube. When it was above 90 they became a melted mess
A couple months ago I bought a 32 ounce bottle of Alox and have a bunch of unlubed .50 caliber 370 max is and some .54 430 grain maxiball I.libed them up and let them dry.
Today 101.degrees got 80 shots down range burned a pound of powder. I've swabbed every few shots no lead streaks no melted lube with good accuracy from both. I'll do the same test again in a couple different rifles and keep note of the accura y. I am very pleased

Tried the Lee’s Allox and found it worked ok in the North Carolina heat (it’s been 90°F plus here for a while, with the added comfort feature of high humidity, and note I have not tried the Allox in cold weather), but found my bore cleanup a bit tougher than with paper patched bullets. The paper patch bullets shot bit tighter group, but not significant enough to be a game changer over Allox in a hunting situation. Paper patched bullets are little more fragile until loaded, but have no stickyness to them even in the highest heat.

FYI, shooting ~400~ grain PP bullets over 80-90 grains of fff Swiss in a GM LRH 45 caliber barrel (1-30 twist).

at first mine felt tacky now they are just fine, I let them sit a week no tackiness. I didn't notice any difference in cleaning difficulty as the 2 muzzleloaders I use I use conicals only. it will be awile before it gets cool in Texas Febuary is usually our cold months.

If it works, great, can’t argue with success. If I were hunting hogs at short range I would likely use one of my 58s or a 62 with a little harder than pure lead roundball. They seem to always pass through and at muzzleloader velocities damage seems to be about the same on the way in.

The 45 GM LRH setup is a great gun but not overly handy at 9.13 pounds. Have two Renegade barrels bored out to 58 caliber, one in flint, the other a caplock. On a Hawken stock they weigh in at 8 pounds even and 7.3 on Renegade stock. Both are very accurate out to 100 yards and beyond.

If I were as dedicated to hogs as you seem to be, I would seriously consider a Pedersoli 20 gauge double with their Howdah barrel (have been told barrels are interchangeable) on it (I would not cut down the shotgun barrel). Best of many worlds. Two 60 caliber round balls. An 11-1/4” barrel. Shotgun shoulder stock. Downside could be investment, but, it would be for two complete guns that could be sold separately. Unless you can find parts at a reasonable price.

SDSmlf said:

If it works, great, can’t argue with success. If I were hunting hogs at short range I would likely use one of my 58s or a 62 with a little harder than pure lead roundball. They seem to always pass through and at muzzleloader velocities damage seems to be about the same on the way in.

The 45 GM LRH setup is a great gun but not overly handy at 9.13 pounds. Have two Renegade barrels bored out to 58 caliber, one in flint, the other a caplock. On a Hawken stock they weigh in at 8 pounds even and 7.3 on Renegade stock. Both are very accurate out to 100 yards and beyond.

If I were as dedicated to hogs as you seem to be, I would seriously consider a Pedersoli 20 gauge double with their Howdah barrel (have been told barrels are interchangeable) on it (I would not cut down the shotgun barrel). Best of many worlds. Two 60 caliber round balls. An 11-1/4” barrel. Shotgun shoulder stock. Downside could be investment, but, it would be for two complete guns that could be sold separately. Unless you can find parts at a reasonable price.

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Mr SDSMLF as far as roundballs go you are right about the the .58 and up using patched roundballs. I own a .58 Hawken a .58 renegade and I also own a pedersoli Kodiak double .72 those roundballs cleanly take big boars and pass through. I use them occasionally. one of my .54s usually get the bulk of the work due to the weight of the bigger calibers. I carry my white mountain carbine .54 using no excuse 535 gr TC maxiball 430 grain and the Hornady 425 great plains I hang on the the Hornady great plains bullets as they are no longer made. ive acquired about 30 boxes of them. I aqquired some .54 TC 430 maxis and have 21 boxes of those. I mainly use the 535s no excuse as they are still being made. seldome do I use a .50 but when I do I use the 600 grain .50 call no excuse. out of my .50 caliber flintlock it really likes the 460 grain no excuse.
now that I see xlox works I imagine ill be getting into casting as I do have a few molds ive aquirred namely a tc maxi mold in .50 and 54. I also own a lyman 450 plains bullet mold. for fun I have a couple of roundball muzzleloaders. my .58 started life as a ,54 had it rebored to .58 with a 1-66 twist. it really likes a .570 rb .018 patch and 90 grains Olde Eynesford 2F