Magma star users,

[StarMetal]

I'll add beeswax to thicken it up.

Joe

[Pb head]

Don't forget the Ivory soap to keep it from seperating

Pb

[Iron River Red]

Does your napalm, I mean bullet lube stay in the grooves after you lubricate them? I thought about a little one shot or similar, but decided against trying it for fear the lube may not stay in the grooves during shipping.

[Pb head]

I never had any trouble with the lube staying in the grooves as long as the boolits were completely dry before I lubed. I used Hornaday one shot spray for a while but that was too expensive. Then I tried lanolin and alcohol mix but it was too hard to keep from separating. I've heard of guys using WD40 or silicon but I think that might cause the lube to not stick very well.

Pb head

[anachronism]

I've also used Midway Mold Release on bullets before sizing. I spray them, and let 'em dry, then size and lube normally. This is the only satisfactory use I've found for Mold Release.

Bob

[Willbird]

Hey Red, on marking the cyl shaft. I remembered the other day when I ran her dry to have a look at that, the problem is that if you push the rod back and mark the shaft then whatever paint or such you put on there gets wiped off by the cyl seal if the rod ever goes the full travel again.

Also I lubed some Lee 190 grain 45 acp boolits and I got the "pop" I do not typically get the pop with any single grease groove boolits no matter where I set the top punch.

I worked out a way to have the ejected boolits slide down a clear plastic tube into a box that is working pretty slick, the tube slows them down so they don't get dinged up. A fella could even get smart and put a ziplock baggie over the end of the tube so it filled the bag up nicely I think. I will post pics of the crude prototype if anybody is interested.

Bill