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hiram
04-02-2016, 01:42 AM
I had a problem I never had before. I was having a lot of trouble adjusting alube die in a Lyman 450. I used this diebefore and was just having difficulty. Look at the picture with the bullet. A little too low or deep and the lube squeezes onto the bulletnose. A little too high and the lubewinds up on the base.
My solution—I cleaned the lower band of lubes holes. I took an O-ring with an 1/8”cross-section. Cut the O-ring and pushedthe end into each lower lube hole and cut it off. In the die only picture you can see a smallpiece of O-ring I trimmed off. Lookcarefully and you can see a difference in the hole colors. The lower hole is plugged.

Hamish
04-02-2016, 02:05 AM
Nice application of a simple, easily reversible, comm. sense idea!

claude
04-02-2016, 04:24 AM
Much simpler than the lead shot plug I have seen before, and more easily reversable. Thanks for the tip!