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Thread: A bit of lead after sizing?

  1. 04-11-2014, 08:59 AM #1
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    A bit of lead after sizing?

    I've started resizing with my lubrisizer and am having something weird happen... In the lube groove after it's been lubed/resized, there's a small ball of lead on every bullet it seems. I don't see any scratch marks. It goes in without one, comes out lubed with a tiny ball of lead embedded in the lube groove.. Ideas?
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  2. 04-11-2014, 10:47 AM #2
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    It might be a flashing around one of the lube holes in the die. (admittedly it shouldn't be there)

    I had a similar problem with one of my dies (Magma); I melted off all the lube and wrapped a split dowel with crocus cloth. I polished up the ID a touch by hand, and when reinstalled the issue was gone.

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  3. 04-12-2014, 11:59 AM #3
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    I'm wondering if it couldn't perhaps be a shot-pellet that was poorly-crimped into the lube holes?
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  4. 04-12-2014, 01:09 PM #4
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    How I cured the "scratched boolit syndrome".

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  5. 04-13-2014, 01:28 PM #5
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    Definitely sounds like a burr on of the lube holes. I'd bet that this wasn't one of lathesmith's dies, 'cause all of his have been dead nuts perfect.
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  6. 04-13-2014, 02:49 PM #6
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    It is a Magma die. I'll pull it today and see if I cant find a burr on it. I don't believe it to be a piece of the lead shot plugging the wholes as I resizes about 100 boolits an they all had it
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  7. 04-13-2014, 07:48 PM #7
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    A picture would be great.

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  8. 07-08-2014, 09:18 AM #8
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    I'll get some this evening and post them
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