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Minie ball
- Thread starter BigErn
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IMO, having some lube in the hollow base won't do much if anything at all.
I know a lot of guys who shoot with just grease in the grooves and nothing in the hollow base.
Others put grease/lube in the grooves and into the hollow base.
Their theory is the lube in the base vaporizes when the powder burns and the airborn grease coats the fouling that's left in the bore, keeping it soft.
I've shot Minie's both ways and I think there is some truth to the idea that the lube in the base does leave the fouling a little softer than it is when there is nothing in the Minie's base.
I know a lot of guys who shoot with just grease in the grooves and nothing in the hollow base.
Others put grease/lube in the grooves and into the hollow base.
Their theory is the lube in the base vaporizes when the powder burns and the airborn grease coats the fouling that's left in the bore, keeping it soft.
I've shot Minie's both ways and I think there is some truth to the idea that the lube in the base does leave the fouling a little softer than it is when there is nothing in the Minie's base.
I've always put it in the minie base, and it may help. I guess I need to not put it in the base and see. Old habits are hard to stop sometimes. :idunno:
If you dip them you won't get much lube in the base cavity at all, the trapped air keeps it out. The little that may get in doesn't matter at all.
I shoot the both ways ... but consistency is key to minies - so whichever you do, do it all the time.
