Alox

[filric48]

Casted up some .452 and coated them in Alox twice, will this gum up the 1911 or the Mags?

[CalTeacher]

You will see a build up of gunk after a few hundred rounds, but usually on the face of the slide around the extractor and firing pin channel...maybe some on the feed ramp on the frame. It's no big deal to clean up at all.

You'll gum up your seating die within a few hundred rounds so keep an eye on it. You probably don't need to coat your boolits twice. Once should suffice. Try a 50/50 mix of alox and johnsons paste wax.

[lpspinner]

Instead of the Alox stuff, I buy this, White Label XLox, As CalTeacher mentioned, once is enough. They also have the best lubes if you wanted to try something else.

[Inkman]

Are you shooting matches (USPSA)? Or public range target shooting?

Simply put, Alox/Xlox will pick up dirt and dust from mags hitting the ground quite readily. For public range shooting it's a non issue. As far as "gumming" up anything, i don't notice it. The powder i use is dirty enough to handle that on its own

Al