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Well guys I figured most of my issues out. I did the plug in it in for a little and then unplug. That worked out ok, but the bigger problem I had was user lazyness, as I had not cleaned out all of...

It is mainly oozing out when the bullet goes to size it, and it gets all underneath the bullet also. And yes I have been playing the balancing act with the heater. The lube seams to be good stuff but...

Has anyone had problems with the carnuba red in a 4500 sizer with heater? It seams to really make a mess and ooze’s out all over. I have been having to unplug the heater and letting it cool some to...

Yes that Orange Magic takes a lot of heat. Like at least 20 min before I can start sizing/lubing. At least with the red you can see it clearly, and if it is in the grooves. Once I have all red I will...

Hey guys just switched to the Carnauba red lube form Lyman Orange Magic. Kind of a learning curve here. Obviously the red does not as much heat. I had a huge mess. I did not get all of the orange...

Well like a few years. That is all. I was using that Orange Magic stuff from Lyman. I just switched to the Carnauba Red. Although it has not worked it's way through the luber/sizer yet. I tried to...

How long will lubed bullets last after you size them and lube them without making up the round? Will they loose their effectiveness after a while? I just did not want to size and lube hundreds of...

i knew I had some other lead here, but could not find it until today. I have 40 lbs of bars that says on them 10SB90PB. (10% Antimony 90% pure lead) I should be able to cut them with some more pure...

Thanks.. I will get to mixing.

Well I started with running out of wheel weights soon, but if I can double the volume buy mixing with pure lead that would be a plus for a while. And yes I have ample supply of pure lead to last me...

Thank you all for the info. So if I want to make my stash of wheel weights last I can mix them half & half with pure lead and little tin

Steve

Ok guys I am loading smokeless powder (not black powder) Currently loading 45 colt. I most likely will run out of wheel weights soon. I have hundreds of lbs of pure lead, and a good stash of Pewter...

My intent was loading 45 colt with unique powder. I am currently using wheel weights, but that supply will run out one day. I have hundreds of lbs of pure lead and lots of Pewter.

Steve

Ok this is what I think I know. Pewter is about 95% tin, and 5% antimony. So if I am just thinking out loud maybe 20 lbs of pure lead to 1 lb of Pewter should make something close to #2 lyman. I was...

Well what about if ya don't have antimony. What can you do with pure lead and tin. Any ratios for that? I have hundreds of lbs of pure lead, and lots of pewter...

I do want to hijack this post but have a question along the original post. What ratio of pure lead and tin should you mix to get something close to Lyman #2 ??

Yes I called Starline and tried to get them to sell me 100 and they said the min was 500. Oh well some will turn up one day soon. There must be a run on 45 colt these days. Did not think cowboy...

yes !!!

Whatever I did worked this time. I use an old Bonanza/Forster co-axel press which operates a little different than most. Basically same principals but when people describe some things it is not...

Ok the hornadys are done and it was a piece of cake. I just had to seat the bullet a tad bit further in the case, and I was good to go. The shorter bullet is the hornady. Shooting them out of a SAA...

The 20 rounds of hornady that I have (picked up at the range) are only about 1/16" shorter than the starline brass. I may load them and let them lay on the ground for the next guy after firing them. ...

That is exactly how I did it and it is how the instructions said to. The bullets seam to have crimped, and they look similar to the factory loads
AntiqueSledMan you were right on. Now I have to...

That is with the starline brass. I have not done anything with the hornady brass yet.

Ok does this look about right?

https://i.imgur.com/JqNNHmS.jpg

That bright ring was already there from the factory loads. I have yet to attempt the crimping process. I will be doing that today, and report back with my results.