BigSlick
10-09-2007, 04:27 AM
Hi guys,
I'm home for a couple of days and running into a real PITA.
I recently picked up a Star lube sizer. Great machine, finally got it dialed in, love it, very satisfied with it.
It eats small and medium bullets like a fat girl on a bucket of popcorn.
I got a .501 size die in and pulled out some Lee 440 WFNGC's I cast a while back to size and lube. This bullet takes a gas check. The mould drops the bullets right on .503. I've sized and lubed a bunch of these on the LAM II without issue.
In the attempt (weak attempt mind you) to recover some bench space, I am giving some serious thought to using the Star for all my lubing needs and put the almost new LAM II, size dies and top punches up for sale.
So, I drop a few .501 bullets in the size die without the gas check attached to set the depth of the bottom punch. They sized right thru with some resistance (as expected) but not too much, since I'm using straight ww's and tin and sizing down just a couple a thou.
Got the punch set, lube hitting the grooves just right, ready to roll and get a couple hundred of these lubed up so I can go shooting my next day off.
I added the gas check, dropped the bullet in the die, eased the handle down to make certain I was getting a good alignment in the die (I was). So, I pull the handle to push it on thru. Everything is going great until the gas check hits the sizing portion of the die. Lot's of force required to get the bullet on thru, upsetting the rythym of the whole gig.
After looking at the whole thing, I am contemplating sizing base first. My suspicion is the gas check, being slightly beveled outward is causing the extra force required for bottom sizing. Since it's a WFN, the flat punch will work OK as far as I can see, and the gas check won't be 'upside down' in the die when being sized, thus making the sizing stroke much smoother.
Anyone see a problem with this ?
If this isn't the way to go, I'm looking for suggestions
Thanks
'Slick
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I'm home for a couple of days and running into a real PITA.
I recently picked up a Star lube sizer. Great machine, finally got it dialed in, love it, very satisfied with it.
It eats small and medium bullets like a fat girl on a bucket of popcorn.
I got a .501 size die in and pulled out some Lee 440 WFNGC's I cast a while back to size and lube. This bullet takes a gas check. The mould drops the bullets right on .503. I've sized and lubed a bunch of these on the LAM II without issue.
In the attempt (weak attempt mind you) to recover some bench space, I am giving some serious thought to using the Star for all my lubing needs and put the almost new LAM II, size dies and top punches up for sale.
So, I drop a few .501 bullets in the size die without the gas check attached to set the depth of the bottom punch. They sized right thru with some resistance (as expected) but not too much, since I'm using straight ww's and tin and sizing down just a couple a thou.
Got the punch set, lube hitting the grooves just right, ready to roll and get a couple hundred of these lubed up so I can go shooting my next day off.
I added the gas check, dropped the bullet in the die, eased the handle down to make certain I was getting a good alignment in the die (I was). So, I pull the handle to push it on thru. Everything is going great until the gas check hits the sizing portion of the die. Lot's of force required to get the bullet on thru, upsetting the rythym of the whole gig.
After looking at the whole thing, I am contemplating sizing base first. My suspicion is the gas check, being slightly beveled outward is causing the extra force required for bottom sizing. Since it's a WFN, the flat punch will work OK as far as I can see, and the gas check won't be 'upside down' in the die when being sized, thus making the sizing stroke much smoother.
Anyone see a problem with this ?
If this isn't the way to go, I'm looking for suggestions
Thanks
'Slick
________
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