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Gold Cup 45
03-09-2012, 04:01 PM
I'm using a Lyman 450 lubesizer and a .452 die, with Lyman moly lube (soft lube.) The two lube grooves on the boolits usually do not fill completely, with a lot of pressure on the reservior. I usually turn the boolit a 1/4 turn, and run it thru the die a second time to get it filled completely. The die has two rows of holes 180 degrees apart, so the lube isn't flowing completely around.

Would it make sense to try drilling more holes in the die in the two areas where the lube grooves aren't filling out? I have some small carbide endmills that I could use to put the holes in. The die is probably over 20 years old. Do newer dies have more lube holes?

MGySgt
03-09-2012, 04:29 PM
Can you adjust up or down so that both sets of holes cover the lube groves?

Walter Laich
03-09-2012, 04:49 PM
My Lyman dies have holes 90* apart.