Lube Migration?

[powderburner]

the best way to seat a grease cookie is by hand as you can feel it compress and then know when to stop. mine are undersize so as not to trap air , ans when I push the over lube wad down eith a follower I can feel the cookie compress and stop when it is sized to the case interior.

[Eric Johanen]

Think's Dean. That is what I'll be looking for on the next reloads.

[Eric Johanen]

Finished some loads for my new 44-77 today and used my lube extruder and press onto wax paper then into the fridge for a few hours. Cooling firms up the lube and I can cut the cookie with the case mouth and I prick the wad with a pin and seat by hand with a dowel onto the over powder card. Seat a card on top and have no lube on the case walls. Works great and stopped my lube migration problem. I've used this method for 45-70 and 50-70 paper patched hunting loads. SPG and DGL both work with this method. Now that is one problem solved!

[Ironramrod]

Eric, back to your original question; all of my BPCR loads are compressed 1st, then I add a wax paper wad. Then if I'm loading pp loads I put the lube disc or prelubed felt wad in and then another wax paper wad; this seems to keep the lube in position ok. Then I put in a cork wad or card wad and seat the bullet. If I'm loading gg bullets then I compress the powder, then a wax paper wad goes in then a card wad, felt wad or LDPE wad (whatever I'm using) and then in goes the lubed bullet. In both cases the bullets seem to hit the X ring or knock over whatever 4 legged thing I'm shooting at, if I have my head and eyes correctly engaged in the game and deal w/ the wind correctly, too.

Regards
IR

[Eric Johanen]

I have not used the wax paper between the powder and lube wad yet. Must give that a try. I have always used thin card wads with the lube sandwiched in between. With the wax paper I can see where the lube can mix easily with the powder fouling as a alternative to just being deposited along the bore. I'll be experimenting with this come better weather. The rifle will tell me which way to go for best results. Just another reason why these rifles are so interesting. So thank's everyone for the help.