Big Lube 44-40 bullets in a 30" Barrel?

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

All my experience with Big Lube 44-40 bullets and Black Powder has been in 24" barrels. They perform beautifully in 24" barrels, leaving a nice lube star at the muzzle and no mid-match cleaning required for sustained accuracy.

There is a question on another board about using Big Lube 44-40 bullets with Black Powder in an Uberti '73 with a 30" barrel. The question is whether or not the bullets carry enough lube to keep the longer barrel lubed its whole length with no hard fouling building up near the muzzle.

I suspect the answer is yes, Big Lubes will perform fine in a 30" barrel, just want to know if anybody has any direct experience with this combination.

Thanks

[w44wcf]

DJ,
I don't have any personal experience but based on this post in the '73 forum, the "Big Lube" .44-40 bullet will work just fine in a 30" barrel.

The bullet referenced in the following post was the Accurate 43-215C which holds less lube than the "Big Lube"........

Good evening, everyone. I have an Uberti 1873 44 WCF 30 in barrel. I load using Starline brass, cci magnum primers, 35 gr Schuetzen 2f, Accurate mould bullet in .428' no wad, using homemade DanT lube recipe.  I recently shot two CAS matches 50 rounds each, hitting all rifle targets with no misses.  No cleaning during the match.  A greasy ring on my muzzle.  I look forward to reporting some actual testing at the range, will post further experimentation.  Thanks to 44wcf for suggesting the accurate mould.

w44wcf

[Dick Dastardly]

As you get beyond two feet of barrel, the quality of your lube gets more critical.  PL-II, SPG and others will do fine.  Try to avoid the very soft squishy home made formulas.  Also, recover some bullets from your gun and look to see that all the lube is gone.  Lube left in the grove doesn't help your barrel.  Crayon smokeyless lubes are too hard to do you the service you want with black powder.

DD-MDA