After years of powder coating everything in large batches I decided to go back in time and try an old method.
I was looking for a 45 auto boolit with a shoulder as I was having to seat my standard round nosed bullets too deep for reliable feeding in my Kahr PM45. After looking at my now very large collection of moulds I pulled out one of my older Lee tumble lube designs. It was the old style with the V notches cut instead of the pins. It still cast good bullets and they fell right out of the mould.
The micro groves are just about ideal for dip lubing. It's something I've been doing with my conicals for my 1860 Army and 1858 Remington, but never tried it with smokeless.
Using this method of heating the bullets on a hot plate then giving them a quick dip was actually faster than pan lubing because I didn't have to wait for the lube to cool after the pan was full. I could just keep on chugging. Another benefit over pan lubing is they each come out perfect so you'll never have to squish lube in there with your thumb if one doesn't take.
It's not as fast as my Star sizer but easy enough for a few hundred.
Powder coating works well in most situations, but it does tend to round sharp surfaces. In this case I wanted to keep the sharp shoulder for precise head spacing.
I never had good luck with Lee Liquid Alox. In fact I quit using the mould after I experienced the worst leading in all my days shooting using this particular boolit and LLA. I think it will do better with lard/beeswax. We'll see.