Cooking fat? Bullet lube?

Boolit Mold Join DateDec 2012LocationPittsburgh, PAPosts13

Does anyone remember Grandma saving the bacon fat in the fridge? I do. She lived during WW2 and told me they used to save it to make ammunition with it. I always wondered about that. What did they use it for? I was thinking bullet lube but all the rounds in WW2 were jacketed. Was lube used on these rounds? Dumb question but I always wondered....

Does anyone remember Grandma saving the bacon fat in the fridge? I do. She lived during WW2 and told me they used to save it to make ammunition with it. I always wondered about that. What did they use it for? I was thinking bullet lube but all the rounds in WW2 were jacketed. Was lube used on these rounds? Dumb question but I always wondered....A link: http://republicofbacon.com/2011/08/31/bacon-may-have-helped-us-win-wwii/
Don

it's all an educated guess,,,, till the trigger is pulled.

the more i find out about shootin boolits, the more it contradicts everything i ever learned about shooting jaxketed.

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