Lee R.E.A.L. bullets ?

Is it necessary to fill the lube grooves or just get the bullet wet with lube ?
A friend of mine puts his in a tupper wear container just puts the bullets in with bore butter and shakes them up. It seems to me they do not get sufficient lube doing it this way.

It doesn't really take that much lube and the bullet will get sized down when loaded. I just wiped the lube on with my fingers as I loaded.

Or keep it simpler by loading a lubed felt overpowder wad under the bullet, prime and fire.

wm

Woody Morgan said:

Or keep it simpler by loading a lubed felt overpowder wad under the bullet, prime and fire.

wm
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Good idea.

rebs said:

Is it necessary to fill the lube grooves or just get the bullet wet with lube ?
A friend of mine puts his in a tupper wear container just puts the bullets in with bore butter and shakes them up. It seems to me they do not get sufficient lube doing it this way.

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I wouldn't recommend putting bore butter on ANYTHING, except maybe my mother in law's toast.

Woody Morgan said:

Or keep it simpler by loading a lubed felt overpowder wad under the bullet, prime and fire.

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doing it this way you don't put any lube on the bullet ? Do you have to wipe the barrel after a few shots ?

Good question rebs, my only experimenting with R.E.A.L. bullets was not real satisfying, they shot okay but accuracy was not good at all. I would be willing to try them again if that does any better with accuracy. My last experiment was with alox and that was the same way as using a lubricant on the bullet, not the most accurate.

Lee REALs are the favourite bullet type of my "fast twist" Hawken (Pedersoli Hawken Hunter percussion. 50 cal, 24in twist). Although Pedersoli recommends a huge 500 grain bullet I had best experiences with 2-band REALs. The grease I used was coconut oil plus beeswax (start at 50/50, add coconut oil if too hard in winter - desired consistency is that of a block of margarine taken out of a fridge.). Plus 10g of moly powder for 500g of grease. I had best results by using a Pedersoli hand greaser.(after I made a new cap to match those bullets). It filled the grease bands fully.

I tried pan greasing, but no matter what I did the grease stayed in the pan and didn't stick to the bullets sufficiently.

I recommend experimenting with both options. Worse case, you'll have horrible accuracy.

rebs said:

doing it this way you don't put any lube on the bullet ? Do you have to wipe the barrel after a few shots ?

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Bare bullet. I soak the felt wads in 100% olive oil and store them in small ziplock bags. The tenth shot is identical to the first and I don't need to wipe the bore for most of my shooting session (~20 rounds). My very first 50 yard target of three rounds doing it this way. Proof's in the pudding and this is my "cheap" Traditions Deerhunter.
1:48 twist, 24" barrel, 250 grain REALs and cleanup is a snap with water and a dab of Dawn.

wm

can't argue with those results!

deerstalkert said:

can't argue with those results!

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It's what happens when you keep it simple.
Occam's Razor?

wm

Looks like the deerhunter shoots pretty good. Whoda thunk.

deermanok said:

Looks like the deerhunter shoots pretty good. Whoda thunk.

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Certainly not the Kibler Krew.





Relax, guys. I found a sharp stick out back and thought I'd poke the bears with it in jest.

wm

poke 'em if you want - - i don't have to out run the bear, i just have to outrun you

lol

I get good results with the Lee Liquid Alox and a prelubed felt wad over the powder.