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    Rubber maid has a round container with square top with fasteners on all 4 sides, it is # 5. Seals good so I never have to empty powder, just add a little more next batch. The size I have will do 100 45/70 boolits easily. Got mine at WW.

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    Cool whip tub with 1/2 ounce Eastwood and NO bb's does wonders. 1/2 ounce does 200 230 gr bullets

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    Quote Originally Posted by moorvogi View Post
    What do you use to build the static charge? AirSoft BBs?
    No, the static charge is created when the powder makes and breaks contact with the lead. The BB's prevent the powder from getting rubbed off when one coated bullet rubs against another. If the static charge generated is large enough, it won't matter. I tried a vibratory tumbler with bullets and powder in a 1 gallon Ziplock bag running for 5 minutes. The coating was beautiful, but the powder was darker than it was coming from the bottle. To me that meant I had generated quite a bit of lead dust. I baked the bullets and shot them but quit that practice, not because of the hazard from shooting, but because I know there is a lot of lead powder in the unbaked stuff and I don't want to generate any more.

    I went back to the big margarine container and can tumble 150-200 bullets at a time. Shaking the bullets violently makes a big difference in the success when conditions are poorer (HF red, cloudy day). On a hot dry summer day, a couple minutes massaging the bullets in a 1 gallon Ziplock bag is all it takes so with certain powders like cheap HF red, the conditions and how violent you have to shake makes a difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rsrocket1 View Post
    On a hot dry summer day, a couple minutes massaging the bullets in a 1 gallon Ziplock bag is all it takes so with certain powders like cheap HF red, the conditions and how violent you have to shake makes a difference.
    I'll have to try the Ziploc bag.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check