kamikaze1a
01-05-2009, 10:15 PM
Not sure if anyone else has tried this method to lube boo's... I haven't perfected the technique but the concept works.
I like the results I get with LLA and was trying to avoid the lube buildup in my seater die loading my conventional, single lube groove boo's. I find wiping the lube off the nose of each boo one by one is too time consuming as is dipping them in lube. I think I figured out a way to lube only the shank of the boo by rolling my boo's on a sheet of metal coated with LLA. The results were no lube on the base or nose and I shot about 100 yesterday with no signs of leading at all.
My first attempt was with a 12X12 piece of tin where I bent a 90 degree lip on one edge. I then brushed a good coat of LLA on the sheet leaving the edges and the crook of the bend bare. With the tin positioned with the bend down, I then dumped a handful of boo's in the bend and lined them on to end. This where things did not go as planned. I was hoping that I could tip the bend side up and the boo's would roll over the LLA and into my wax paper lined box. They did not... Apparently, with the nose "floating", the LLA created enough resistance to cause the boo's to swivel around and they did not roll straight off the tin. I modified the tin by bending the adjacent edges up at a lesser angle, enough to prevent the boo's from rolling off the sides. Then instead of rolling them off, I kind of shook the boo's around a bit before letting them roll into the wax papered box.
Provided you start them off laying on their side and did not allow them to stand on end while shaking the tin, I only had lube on the sides of the boo's. Practically nothing on the nose and base. To "recharge" the lube, I squirted some LLA onto the tin and spread it out evenly with a brush. I applied one coat, dried overnight, sized with Lee push through sizer and lubed again. The single lube groove was not full and actually had hardly any lube at all but I think most of us apply way too much anyway. I shot my 40 at "Major" velocity and had no laeding at all... Acid test this weekend...our monthly IPSC match.
I like the results I get with LLA and was trying to avoid the lube buildup in my seater die loading my conventional, single lube groove boo's. I find wiping the lube off the nose of each boo one by one is too time consuming as is dipping them in lube. I think I figured out a way to lube only the shank of the boo by rolling my boo's on a sheet of metal coated with LLA. The results were no lube on the base or nose and I shot about 100 yesterday with no signs of leading at all.
My first attempt was with a 12X12 piece of tin where I bent a 90 degree lip on one edge. I then brushed a good coat of LLA on the sheet leaving the edges and the crook of the bend bare. With the tin positioned with the bend down, I then dumped a handful of boo's in the bend and lined them on to end. This where things did not go as planned. I was hoping that I could tip the bend side up and the boo's would roll over the LLA and into my wax paper lined box. They did not... Apparently, with the nose "floating", the LLA created enough resistance to cause the boo's to swivel around and they did not roll straight off the tin. I modified the tin by bending the adjacent edges up at a lesser angle, enough to prevent the boo's from rolling off the sides. Then instead of rolling them off, I kind of shook the boo's around a bit before letting them roll into the wax papered box.
Provided you start them off laying on their side and did not allow them to stand on end while shaking the tin, I only had lube on the sides of the boo's. Practically nothing on the nose and base. To "recharge" the lube, I squirted some LLA onto the tin and spread it out evenly with a brush. I applied one coat, dried overnight, sized with Lee push through sizer and lubed again. The single lube groove was not full and actually had hardly any lube at all but I think most of us apply way too much anyway. I shot my 40 at "Major" velocity and had no laeding at all... Acid test this weekend...our monthly IPSC match.