Lube path thru 450

[SeabeeMan]

I received my used 450 off ebay today and it looks to be in good condition. The piston had been driven down and needed a bit of persuading with a rubber coated dead blow hammer to come out, but it is out now.

How does lube travel from the reservoir to the sizing die? When I look down into the reservoir, I expected to see a port towards the front of the chamber, but I don't. There are what appears to be several small holes full of lube in the bottom of the chamber, but it might just be pieces that are stuck there. I wanted to make sure I'm not missing any pieces or that something is jammed into the reservoir.

I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions but until I get some lube and gas checks, it is a paperweight for now.

[7of7]

Warm it up, as the lube paths are full of lube.. If you have the size die out of it, the warmed lube will come out....

[GP100man]

Do ya self a favor & cut ya a peice of pvc pipe 3/4" long & put it between the bottom & the pressure screw so the pressure screw does`nt run off the screw threads at the bottom.

[dragonrider]

NOW THAT ^ is a dam clever idea, wish I had known that when I had a 450. It never happened to my 450 but I would have done it anyway because I was always concerned that it would.

[SeabeeMan]

I was just noticing that you might be able to run the piston off the threads. I will go cut one right now. I think I have a lot of reading ahead to find a good bullet to start playing with my 30 cal molds...30-30 and 30.06 boolits to follow!

[GP100man]

.311041 for the dirty-30 is the norm , my Marlin with micro groove likes a .310 boolit with GC

If ya keep pressures very low it`ll shoot em without a GC.

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