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Thread: Does anyone here pan lube then tumble lube as a finish step?

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    Boolit Master Ole's Avatar
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    Does anyone here pan lube then tumble lube as a finish step?

    I just got done pan lubiing a batch of 44RD265's that I made about a year ago. Figured I'd toss a light coat of thinned LLA on there for good measure:



    Has anyone tried anything similar?

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    Way to many steps and half of them are not necessary. I like your style though.
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    I just bought a box of .429 sized lead cheap. I need to lube them. What did you use for the lube? I"m not into casting and tring something new.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dhenry132 View Post
    I just bought a box of .429 sized lead cheap. I need to lube them. What did you use for the lube? I"m not into casting and tring something new.
    Pick one that looks easy, http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=26524
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    I've thought of doing the same recently, mainly to prevent oxidisation of boolits in longer term storage.

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    I started poor and the investment in pan lube was within my ability. I used a cut off fired case as a tool to cut the lubed bullet from the pan. Control the depth of the molten lube to put the lube where you want it, wipe the base of the bullets so lube and gunpower don't mix. Can produce good shooting. Good shooting.

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    For my rifle boolits (especially my .225 boolits), I install the gas checks and size using a push-through, then lube-only through the lubesizer, then finish with a very light tumble-lube coat.


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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