44 cal. lee microgroove for BP

[Bushrod]

Has anyone tried the Lee bullet molds that form the microgroove bullets, then either pan lubed or lubrisized with BP lube? Just wondering if they would hold enough lube?

[Dick Dastardly]

Not enuf lube for genuine powder but might work with sub/replica bp.

DD-DLoS

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

The LEE groove style was designed for their liquid Alox.  Great for fad powder, but as DD says, not great for "gunpowder".

[Wills Point Pete]

 You can make 'em work if you are willing to use a grease cookie under them. My backup rifle in CAS is my old Marlin 1894C in .357. Since I shoot .45 Colt in my main rifle and my three revolvers I don't shoot enough BP in the .357 to make it worthwhile to mess with the real BP bullets, instead I simply load it with loads with a grease cookie and the Lee TL bullets with none of the liquid Alox. The grease cookie works well, it's slow to load and kind of a pain in the kazoo but, with any luck at all the one hundred rounds I loaded will last a long time, seein' as how my main rifle is, so far, bulletproof.

The main reason I have BP .38s and .357s is to surprise the unwary...you should have seen my son in law's face the time I slipped a BP .38 into the two inch S&W Model 60. It was the third one to go off, bang, bang, BOOM!!