Where can I find the best mix for homemade bullet lube?? I saw an old post where Mr. Stanton was going to give a mix given to him by a engineer in Texas..........where can I find that one???....Thanks

Dunno..... But check out Felix lube..... Works for me...

And you need to be on the Cast bullet Association forum

http://www.castbulletassoc.org/forum/

Part of the membership is the opportunity to purchase a list of over 100 bullet lube mixes.
Gerald O. Kelver wrote several books which include a number of bullet lube mixes (all included in the list above) Ned Roberts’s book also has several bullet lubes which are included in the list.

Also join the two Yahoo Groups:

CB-L

And CB-Books

Both sites have numbers of threads on bullet lubes and both have files in the file sections discussing bullet lubes.

no claim to be the best, but a lube that works:

melt together in a double boiler -
1 pound paraffin
1 pound petroleum jelly
2 or 3 tablespoons STP Oil Treatment
add a crayon for color (purple?) if you want to
..

Never used it myself,but Feelix Lube is generally accepted by every one who does use it.
Frank

I use LEE LIQUID ALOX on "cast to size" bullets. Inexpensive and works fine.

For hotter rifle loads I add a dab of Lithium Bearing Grease to the base of the bullet just before seating.

A couple of patches soaked in solvent (Hoppes, et al) easily removes the Lithium residue.

Cast Boolits members have this thread on going.... 100's of recipes including Felix's

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=26524

This one was given to me by an old schutzen shooter. It works for black powder, black powder substitutes, and smokeless powder. Get some strained pure bees wax and a bottle of virgin olive oil. Use one of your old frying pans and make a mixture of 80% wax / 20% olive oil in a layer just deep enough so that when you melt the wax and fill the pan with bullets, the lube is above the grease grooves of all the bullets in the pan. With the bullets standing up in the lube on their bases let them cook for about 15 minutes. This will allow the pores of the lead to take in the lube. You want the bullets to be just hot enough that you need needle nose pliers to lift them out. Not so hot that you melt the bases of the bullets. Next lift them out and set them base down on denim cut from old jeans to cool. This will clean the bases of lube. With smokeless stay with 80/20, for black powder and its substitutes you can start with 80/20 on hot days, and thin to as low as 50/50 if it gets cold. This recipe is especially good because there are no petroleum products to cause crusty fouling with black powder. It will also not build up in revolver forcing cones like alox can.

This one was given to me by an old schutzen shooter. It works for black powder, black powder substitutes, and smokeless powder. Get some strained pure bees wax and a bottle of virgin olive oil. Use one of your old frying pans and make a mixture of 80% wax / 20% olive oil in a layer just deep enough so that when you melt the wax and fill the pan with bullets, the lube is above the grease grooves of all the bullets in the pan. With the bullets standing up in the lube on their bases let them cook for about 15 minutes. This will allow the pores of the lead to take in the lube. You want the bullets to be just hot enough that you need needle nose pliers to lift them out. Not so hot that you melt the bases of the bullets. Next lift them out and set them base down on denim cut from old jeans to cool. This will clean the bases of lube. With smokeless stay with 80/20, for black powder and its substitutes you can start with 80/20 on hot days, and thin to as low as 50/50 if it gets cold. This recipe is especially good because there are no petroleum products to cause crusty fouling with black powder. It will also not build up in revolver forcing cones like alox can. It's all natural, it's cheap, and it's versitile.

Is that 80/20 pecent mix by volume or weight?
I'd like to try it but am unclear whether to weigh the olive oil against the beeswax, or to use a volume measure.
Thanks!

Is that 80/20 pecent mix by volume or weight?
I'd like to try it but am unclear whether to weigh the olive oil against the beeswax, or to use a volume measure.
Thanks!

It's not critical. The idea is to get a good consistency.

I've never measured it just mixed it up by eye. Like I said, it your using it for BPC then mix it harder for warmer days and soften it up for cooler days. For smokeless I usually run it 80/20. I've used it for .45 ACP, 45 colt, and 44/40 and never had a problem. I don't know how well it would work for magnum loads, but I had a pretty warm 44/40 laod of 10.5 grains of Blue Dot and it still worked just fine. It seasons the bore pretty well too. When I was working on loads for my 1875 Remington clone I missed a charge. The primer launched that 205 grain bullet out of the 7.5" barrel and it hit the floor about 10 feet in front of me. You can say what you want but I'm still convinced that if it wasn't for that lube being worked into that bore , that things would have been alot differant