Merry Christmas! Lyman 450 Sizer/Luber with dies & top punches!

Tumbleweed Christmas was even a bigger success than Brassy Claus dreamed of!
Brassy Clause has 19 Helpers!

This will start out as a drawing and then I will decide if the person drawn has been Naughty or Nice.
If Naughty, then I will draw again until I find someone Nice!
Naughty and nice will be determined by your activity on CastBoolits!

Your post number will be how I draw, so don't post if you are not eligible to win. Limited to 100 entries or when I decide to pick a winner. I won't wait too long.

Who is eligible?
Active members of CastBoolits who do not have a nice Sizer/Luber such as a Star, LAM 1, Lam 2, Lyman 4500, or Lyman 450.
You are eligible if you have only the older Lyman 45, Ideal, Lee push through, etc style of sizer.

If you are chosen, immediately reply back via PM with the calibers you want to size and the moulds you will be using for those calibers and I will likely send a few sizing dies and top punches to match your moulds.
Note: it is sometimes difficult to match top punches to non-Lyman/Ideal moulds.

I'd like to enter this as my #450 bit the dust some time ago (have all the parts, just not the body casting). Thanks, BrassMagnet!

I have a old Lyman 45 that's worked very good in the past but a 450 would be a great addition. Don't know how naughty or nice I've been (much improved since I had the Pit blocked), but I'd like to be considered.
S45

I don't have any of the fore-mentioned type sizer's but would be very pleased to be considered for this. I have no molds as yet but I will be eventually, hopefully really very soon!

It is very kind for you to offer this BrassMagnet!

SharuLady

I’m a Lee push thru guy, currently, so I’d love a shot at one of those.

I would like to be in. My 50 year old sizer has seen better days.

It'll have got lee push through size dies, and have been looking for one of these. I would lime to be considered as well.

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I too use the LEE sizers, don't know any different way.

Thanks for the generosity and the suspense.

Slim

I've got the Lee sizers, so I'm in, but I'm a naughty boy, so maybe I'm out.

I've rebuilt my old 450 twice now, it's doing ok at the moment. Not sure of the next breakdown. If I qualify, cool if not , no worries.

This is going way too slow.
Time to draw!

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SharuLady

This thread is closed unless SharuLady decides to post photos of her sizer/luber and the provided accessories and supplies.

Congrats to SharuLady, and a big thanks to BrassMagnet for the generosity.

Well done!

Congrats, nothing like an early christmas present!

Hi, This is the 1st time I have ever won or been chosen to win something in my life.

All I can say is a very huge TY to BrassMagnet, for his great generosity and a wonderful Xmas present(s) under the tree!! :awesome:

As to photo's of the sizer/luber and the provided accessories and supplies, I will do my best to do this.
But first, I have to go find my camera upstairs amongst all that is stored up there. :roll:
Of course that will please my better half for tearing into that mess! [smilie=l:

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Originally Posted by BrassMagnet

#4

SharuLady

This thread is closed unless SharuLady decides to post photos of her sizer/luber and the provided accessories and supplies.

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slownsteady22 is the Second Place Winner!

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Originally Posted by BrassMagnet

slownsteady22 is the Second Place Winner!

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Slownsteady22 was kind enough to inform me he had bought a Lyman 450 and he wished me luck in finding a new winner.

Slim1836

My thanks to BrassMagnet for his generosity. I look forward to learning to use my 450.
I can see new molds in the near future. When am I going to save money?

Slim

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Originally Posted by slim1836

My thanks to BrassMagnet for his generosity. I look forward to learning to use my 450.
I can see new molds in the near future. When am I going to save money?

Slim

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I never said that would happen!

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Due to illness I haven't been able to get this pic posted, but with help from BrassMagnet I was able to get it up.

On the table is X 2 Lead, Lino, Pure PB. Two new Lee 6 cavity molds and 2 sets of handles for the molds.

The Lyman 450 Lubrisizer tools, dies, also lube.

A Lyman Reloading guide.

Also 3 boxes of ammo, lubed and GC. Mold was a Lyman 311041 Mold 2 cavity for 30/30Win.

Wish to thank BrassMagnet once more for his gifts and his outstanding generosity & kindness.

Just an update to thank BrassMagnet for his generosity to this site and also to me. Not only did he send me the Lyman Lube Sizer with dies and top punches for 30 and 45 cal, he also threw in several sticks of two types of lube. On top of that, a couple days later a new Lee 452-200 SWC 6 cavity mold and handles arrived. That mold produces great boolits.
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The Lyman Lube Sizer had Carnauba Red in it already which needed some heat to help it along so I improvised to try it out and get a hang of things. I had a brass plate which I mounted under the sizer and added an iron on the backside.
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I kind of over did the heat and the lube started turning to liquid so I shut it down to regroup. Next time a lot of less heat will be used. Once I get the heat down to the proper temp, and get the pressure down pat, I'll be a happy man. Heck, I'm already a happy man, this is just another learning curve which I will overcome with practice.

I did get a few boolits lubed. Many more are not pictured.
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Thanks again to BrassMagnet and this great site.

Slim

Slim, I am glad that you won! The boolits look great....so cast, cast, cast!

Thanks Paul, it was fun trying it out, I'll lube the rest of the cast boolits once I have more time. By going with 200 grain it's going to save me 30 grains of lead per shot which adds up over time. I probably have enough lead for my lifetime but I may surprise myself.

Hope to move out that way someday, but I can stay at two of my friends places. I sure like the lake and it's quiet out there, unlike the metro mess I live at.

Slim