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I just purchased 2000 fibre wads that I thought were pre-lubeld but came dry. I have never lubed a wad and in the past have had pre-lubed that were from soaked to quite dry. So how much lube is enough and how much is too much? I'm wondering how to apply the lube and in what manner? Do I just wipe a small amount around the edges or do I soak them in the lube for a while or anything in between?
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I just purchased 2000 fibre wads that I thought were pre-lubeld but came dry. I have never lubed a wad and in the past have had pre-lubed that were from soaked to quite dry. So how much lube is enough and how much is too much? I'm wondering how to apply the lube and in what manner? Do I just wipe a small amount around the edges or do I soak them in the lube for a while or anything in between? What brand?
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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An old Alcan pamphlet I have states their wads were waxed with a "special" high temp paraffin, only the edges were waxed, I assume they rolled them, they emphatically state they were not soaked.
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Brent
There are Circle-Fly wads
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Brent
There are Circle-Fly wads I'm going to recommend that you save the lube and throw the wads away. Seriously. I proofed loads for me 2" twelve gauges and tested those wads against some others. They performed very poorly and inconsistently. Precision Reloading has better fiber wads. Ballistic Products also has another flavor of fiber cushion wad, but their quality is questionable GLS knows more about those. Starting with better quality materials will save you money, time, and frustration in the long run.
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I should add that Circle Fly nitro and overshot wads are okay. I uses those and lube the former.
Last edited by BrentD, Prof; 03/17/24 07:48 PM.
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I roll my ‘unlubed’ cushion wads across a thin layer of melted Crisco in the old skillet.
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How difficult is it to clean your barrels after using Crisco lubed wads?
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Brent,
"They performed very poorly and inconsistently." Can you provide more details on what poorly and inconsistently mean? I'm assuming it means poor standard deviation between loads and poor patterning?
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Brent,
"They performed very poorly and inconsistently." Can you provide more details on what poorly and inconsistently mean? I'm assuming it means poor standard deviation between loads and poor patterning? Far less velocity for a given powder and lead load, erratic pressures (complicated by chamber length which is a big deal with most test guns being 3" or long chambers). Relative to the the Precision or old Federal or Alcan wads, there was really no comparison. Tom Armbrust warned me of this, but I had to prove it to myself.
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