How do you guys get lube into the bullets for your 63? I have both the ring tail bullet mould and the flat based bullet mould. Both are tapered so I cannot us a normal sizer/luber. I really do not like to dip since it puts a lot of lube over the entire bullet. I thought about pan lubing but what would I use to cut them out of the lube.
Any suggestions would be appreaciated.
Lubing bullets
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Bullet Lube
Powder fouling with paper cartridge guns is typical of the breed. It's something you either put up with to enjoy shooting them as they were historically, or you come up with some non-historic method of making it perform to a standard acceptable.
As a result, a '63 is not a gun for everyone. They can be a trial and require meticulous cleaning and maintenance.
I've been hunting with a .50 Farmingdale '63 Military Rifle lately simply because I want to take game with such a rifle. I've taken two bears and a deer with it's twin in 50-70.
In Peter Schiffer's recently released book on Civil War carbines, he made up rounds as authentically as he could.
He did impeccable research, made up original lubes, had custom moulds made and was generally as thorough as you would expect a German to be. The guns he used were originals in good firing condition.
Some of his rounds were fired with NO lube as he could find no historical record of their use, no could he find any traces of it through chemical analysis. Powder fouling was a problem with these rounds.
I emailed him as suggested that perhaps it was because the makers expected the user to lube them. Again, he said that there was no record of this as an expectation.
I suggested that the miserable accuracy he got with some loads was due to the rate of twist being too slow for the weight of the projectile.
He responded by reminding me that some of the best accuracy he got was with such bullet/twist combinations.
I recommend his book for the thoroughness of his experiments, the detailed descriptions of the guns and the results he obtained.
As a result, a '63 is not a gun for everyone. They can be a trial and require meticulous cleaning and maintenance.
I've been hunting with a .50 Farmingdale '63 Military Rifle lately simply because I want to take game with such a rifle. I've taken two bears and a deer with it's twin in 50-70.
In Peter Schiffer's recently released book on Civil War carbines, he made up rounds as authentically as he could.
He did impeccable research, made up original lubes, had custom moulds made and was generally as thorough as you would expect a German to be. The guns he used were originals in good firing condition.
Some of his rounds were fired with NO lube as he could find no historical record of their use, no could he find any traces of it through chemical analysis. Powder fouling was a problem with these rounds.
I emailed him as suggested that perhaps it was because the makers expected the user to lube them. Again, he said that there was no record of this as an expectation.
I suggested that the miserable accuracy he got with some loads was due to the rate of twist being too slow for the weight of the projectile.
He responded by reminding me that some of the best accuracy he got was with such bullet/twist combinations.
I recommend his book for the thoroughness of his experiments, the detailed descriptions of the guns and the results he obtained.
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