.30/30 Guy
03-01-2012, 03:06 PM
I have two Meepos Speedlube’s. Both of them came from eBay. In each case the seller said that they were in perfect working condition. NOT! In each case you could size a boolit, but the lube function did not work. On both of them the lubing piston rod was bend and binding in the housing. I took some black magic marker and coated the piston rods with it. I then put the rods in the housing and observed where the magic marker was rubbed off. I would lay the pistons on an anvil with the rub mark up and tap the rod with a hammer. After a couple of hours of doing this I got the piston rods to move freely. With the lube piston rods moving freely the lube function works great.
When I got my first Meepos I had no clue of how to make it work. I did a Google search and guess where I landed? Cast Boolits! I found more information on the Meepos here than anywhere else.
I have been wanting to use the Meepos for my .357’s but did not have any .358 dies. The original dies appear to have been made from bolts. I contacted Lathesmith and Chris made me a couple of dies. The dies are almost too beautiful to use! Same great quality as the Star dies that he makes.
The Meepos has some Speed Green in it. I decided to see what production I could get. I put 50 of my .357 boolits in a pile and noted the time. It took 4 minutes and 20 seconds to do the 50. Just over 11 per minute and could be projected to do almost 700 per hour.
Too bad that someone doesn’t make a copy of the Meepos today. Lyman and RCBS would be hurting in short order.
A couple of picture for those not informed about the Meepos. I added some new knobs and handles. The other picture shows some original dies and Lathesmith’s dies. Also shown it the lube piston rod and some nose punches.
When I got my first Meepos I had no clue of how to make it work. I did a Google search and guess where I landed? Cast Boolits! I found more information on the Meepos here than anywhere else.
I have been wanting to use the Meepos for my .357’s but did not have any .358 dies. The original dies appear to have been made from bolts. I contacted Lathesmith and Chris made me a couple of dies. The dies are almost too beautiful to use! Same great quality as the Star dies that he makes.
The Meepos has some Speed Green in it. I decided to see what production I could get. I put 50 of my .357 boolits in a pile and noted the time. It took 4 minutes and 20 seconds to do the 50. Just over 11 per minute and could be projected to do almost 700 per hour.
Too bad that someone doesn’t make a copy of the Meepos today. Lyman and RCBS would be hurting in short order.
A couple of picture for those not informed about the Meepos. I added some new knobs and handles. The other picture shows some original dies and Lathesmith’s dies. Also shown it the lube piston rod and some nose punches.