>I am just getting into this black powder stuff, and I still don't understand why the same bullet from Meister Bullets is over twice as much money when you specify black powder vs smokeless powder......what would happen if a fella was to lay a little spg lube on top the pellet before he seated a smokeless bullet?<
Some possibilities: Since the difference is not in the bullet alloy, but solely in the lube, it really makes you wonder. Anytime you label something for shooting, the price goes up. Anytime you label something for CAS, the price goes up to whatever the market will bear because people seem not to mind being scr***ed when buying stuff for the sport. A bit of careful price watching on the part of CAS shooters would go a long way.
Since almost everybody that uses S** lube for bp ends up charging a lot more for their bullets so lubed, that should be looked at. Still, even those companies that do not use it and use some other BP lube charge a little more, and you wonder even more. Common sense will tell you that the very small amount of bullet lube difference proabably will not account for the difference in price: some difference, yes.
It has been well documented that the size of a production run has as much to do with the eventual price of something as the cost of, say, the materials to make it. Long production runs are much more economical and setting aside a special run for low volume sellers increases costs at a high rate. Still, the bullets are not different and need not be cast in a separate run, the difference lies in setting apart batches for special lubing and charging whatever the market will bear in a sport where customers have too much money, too much time, and too little useful to do with either, evidently. Good grief, look at what the total cost is just to get outfitted properly to compete in the sport. This sport is made possible by many affluent yuppies that remember a hollywood version of the old west--and that is not a complaint, simply an observation.
By all means, learn to cast your own out of an alloy best suited to your situation. Make your own lube, out of ingredients that are reasonably priced, and make a lube that is best situated for your needs. Spend a little time with a lubricator sizer getting to know your product and take pride in producing good bullets that shoot well and help improve scores.
Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.