Desperado Cowboy Bullets

Sunwapta Haze · November 30, 2006, 04:05:20 PM

Have any pards been using Desperado Cowboy Bullets (http://www.cowboybullets.com/Index.html)? If so what do you think of them - give me the good the bad and the ugly from your experience. Do they carry enough lube to keep the fouling soft and your guns running through a match?

FWIW, I shoot '75 Remingtons and a '94 Marlin and have been casting Snakebites with a beeswax/crisco lube. They work really well for me but my lead levels are rising and I'm looking for a commercial cast bullet to reduce my exposure.

Thanks for your input.

Dick Dastardly · November 30, 2006, 05:42:07 PM

Howdy Haze,

I have to disqualify myself here. For my honest opinion, send me an emule. FWIW, I know and respect Hay Root and he sells these bullets.

DD-DLoS

Pettifogger · November 30, 2006, 05:59:44 PM

They are very well made, made of soft alloy, and use a BP compatible lube. They work very well in handguns. However, if you are using real BP some of them don't have quite enough lube for the rifle. I have been using their 125 grain .38 bullets. They only have one small grease groove and it isn't enough for the rifle to go a whole match without cleaning the barrel.

Ransom Gaer · November 30, 2006, 06:08:48 PM

I have found the same thing as Pettifogger. They are fine in the pistols, but run out of lube in the rifle. I use the 250 grain .45.

Ranson Gaer

dpote · December 01, 2006, 02:25:47 PM

I've used them in my Model 21. They smell great. Like lavender. Since then, I have been casting my own.

Dave

One Eyed Wayne · December 03, 2006, 04:00:50 PM

I shoot Desperado Bullets almost exclusively, for both black and smokeless. I've found them to work quite well in .38-cal for both pistol and rifle. As for the question of enough lube, they've always worked great in my rifle. Absolutely no complaints here.

Sunwapta Haze · December 03, 2006, 11:10:06 PM

Thanks for your input pards.

It would appear as though these may just work for me. So I have taken a little step and ordered a sample pack of 158 grain bullets for my .357s. I'll let ya know what i think of them after I've given 'em a try.

Wills Point Pete · December 03, 2006, 11:43:29 PM

It ain't like they won't work just fine with a grease cookie, anyway.
I dunno why so many folks refuse to use a grease cooke. It's a little slower to load but it's not like the .357 case doesn't have plenty of room for a healthy charge of Black plus a beeswax wad and dollop of lube.