Lubing cast bullets

[Catch-22]

I'd like to know if I need to lube off the shelf cast bullets for my .44mag under leaver?

Bullets are from the Shell House Company and come ready sized and lubed (hard lube ring). I'll be downloading them for plinking, so likely to be travelling less than 1100fps.

Is there any need or value in shaking the bullets around in liquid Alox (or equivalent) prior to loading or not?

Thanks

[Andrew]

You shouldn't need to. I am not a fan of that hard, waxy lube, but it seems to work reasonably well. You can Alox the bullets if you wish but a lot of it will get scraped off seating or will make a slight bulge in at the case mouth. I would contact the maker and ask about unlubed bullets if you want to go that route. Once coated, use a lee push=through sizer in your press.~Andrew

[MrCetrizine]

I use Hannams reloading cast bullets with hard waxy lube preapplied and have never had issues running them as slow cowboy loads without extra lube.

[Catch-22]

Thank you both, excellent advice - very kind!

Can't wait to just blast some light .44s. At 12p a loaded round, what's not to like!