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Anyone know the best way to transfer ALOX from one tube to another without making a huge mess?

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#67 O-ring, $3 for pkg. of 10 at Home Despot, in the faucet repair section

Thanks to everyone for all the great points to consider! DougGuy: yes, for this particular round, I'm seating to 1.270 OAL, so the bullet shoulder, if not even with the case mouth, may be only a few...

I'm casting & loading 45 acp with the Lee tumble lube 230gr RN.
My current process is to cast, tumble with Alox, push thru a lee .452 sizer, alox again (per instructions) then load & taper crimp...

I just ran into this shortened Hornady brass issue... Ibaize3's solution to crimp using a 45 Colt seat/crimp die worked absolutely perfect!

Thanks for the great help! I think I'll start mid-range and add about 35% bee's wax. But these replies bring up a couple more questions:

1) I don't have STP, but I do have some Dextron ATF; do...

Great! I didn't want to fill it up with Darr, only to have to dig it all out again.

As a side note, How does Darr stack up to other lubes? I have a block of bee's wax (now) and don't mind...

I've made up a batch of Darr lube (50/50 paraffin & vaseline w/ a dollop of marine grease) and it's working very well for pan lubing my .30 cal cast bullets. I'm loading for .30-30 & .30-06 with Lee...