Longshot with lead bullets?

[mikehtiger]

Aloha,

I bought a pound of Longshot I had planned on using with my .38, .40 and .45 moly coated bear creek bullets, however I loaded up some rounds recently and found residue in my barrel. Not sure if it is leading or unburnt powder or what. Just to be safe I was running a brush through my barrel every few magazines. Anyways my question was whether or not Longshot is safe with moly coated bullets. Thanks!

[MR_X]

I haven't used it on moly coated bullets but I use Longshot with lead bullets for 45acp. If you are loading light loads, it will be dirtier. I found out that Longshot works great when loading for higher speeds. I first used it loading 230gr LRN at 4.8gr of powder and it was just like you described it. I now load 185gr LSWC at 7.2gr and love it. Lot cleaner and accurate.

[stevec223]

Im using longshot with bearcreek moly coated 230gr in my 45.... I loaded up 6.6 and 6,8 grs. (6.9max load) and they were very clean shooting... No signs of moly separating or coating the barrel... I still need to run a hundred or so thru my pistol to check further results... But im liking the accuracy of the loads,, and clean so far... Ymmv....Cheers...

[spamsucker]

works for me.

[short circuit]

I used Longshot for 124LRN 9mm with great sucess.

[mikehtiger]

Cool, thanks for all the replies, sounds like I need either better primers or to add a bit more powder (while staying within specs of course). I had no issues with my snubby in .357 or .38 loads. just my .40 and .45 loads... I also tried shooting flat nose moly bullets out of my 1911... not the best Idea I've learned (none of them wanted to load) they all shot fine though. Thanks again!