pcmacd
12-12-2021, 10:35 PM
I've used nothing but this ME Blue stick lube in my Star sizer for the last 30 years. Tens of thousands of rounds.
I initially tried a few things such as Rooster Red, some very soft Allox based stuff, etc.
The Magma Blue stays mostly solid at Arizona summer temps exceeding 120F (but don't leave your rounds in the sun?)
It melts to liquid around 126F. I set my lube heater for around 118F- 120F. I'm about to pick up the ME pneumatic top for the Star sizer.
I use this lube for 380 acp, 45 acp and all manner of stuff in betwixt. Even on rifle loads of cast bullets.
It rocks. It rocks? It rocks and rocks.
ME makes all manner of other lubes now which I have not bothered to investigate. They might be worthwhile, but for me? Changing out lubes in the Star sizer is a serious PITA, so, I just don't do that.
The ME blue does it all for me.
Don't leave home w/o it.
~~~~~
I built a very simple setpoint controller to control the temperature of my heated bullet sizer base. The small coax wire from the box to the base of the heater is a 5K (? that's what I remember, a standard size) thermistor, cost around $0.50 from Radio Shack, stuck into the base of the sizer with "horse pucky", or window sealing clay.
I bypassed the Midway base heater tstat, and plug that sucker directly into my temp controller.
This whole shebang, including the wall wart inside the handy box to power the electronics, likely cost me less than $20 a long time ago.
it is not rocket science to make, but it is not for the novice, either.
Make sure the relay you use can handle the current of the full on heater by a margin of perhaps 4x if you plan to keep it a long time.
Ping me if you have questions.
293045
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ojfspt8j0rojy/Sizer%20Heater%20Setpoint%20Controller.pdf?dl=0
I initially tried a few things such as Rooster Red, some very soft Allox based stuff, etc.
The Magma Blue stays mostly solid at Arizona summer temps exceeding 120F (but don't leave your rounds in the sun?)
It melts to liquid around 126F. I set my lube heater for around 118F- 120F. I'm about to pick up the ME pneumatic top for the Star sizer.
I use this lube for 380 acp, 45 acp and all manner of stuff in betwixt. Even on rifle loads of cast bullets.
It rocks. It rocks? It rocks and rocks.
ME makes all manner of other lubes now which I have not bothered to investigate. They might be worthwhile, but for me? Changing out lubes in the Star sizer is a serious PITA, so, I just don't do that.
The ME blue does it all for me.
Don't leave home w/o it.
~~~~~
I built a very simple setpoint controller to control the temperature of my heated bullet sizer base. The small coax wire from the box to the base of the heater is a 5K (? that's what I remember, a standard size) thermistor, cost around $0.50 from Radio Shack, stuck into the base of the sizer with "horse pucky", or window sealing clay.
I bypassed the Midway base heater tstat, and plug that sucker directly into my temp controller.
This whole shebang, including the wall wart inside the handy box to power the electronics, likely cost me less than $20 a long time ago.
it is not rocket science to make, but it is not for the novice, either.
Make sure the relay you use can handle the current of the full on heater by a margin of perhaps 4x if you plan to keep it a long time.
Ping me if you have questions.
293045
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ojfspt8j0rojy/Sizer%20Heater%20Setpoint%20Controller.pdf?dl=0