lubrasizer

[Beekeeper]

I have always used pan lube or tumble lube because of space restrictions.
Was thinking of buying a lubesizer but have no knowledge of them.
Have read a lot of posts here about them and am still as confused as before.
Not as to what they do so much as which one is best for the money.
I only shoot maybe 200 rounds ever 6 months and was thinking of trying it on the cheap to start.
Would appreciate any and all info from everyone.


Jim

[Springfield]

Find an old Lyman 45 and you are good to go.

[jmorris]

If you don't mind dip lubing here is a machine I cobbled together to size them for me.
The idea is that of a child’s gum ball machine, a hole in a block of UHMW (plastic) that slides back and picks up a bullet from a stack of bullets then slides over the hole in the size die. Once the slide is all the way forward the bolt that actuates it triggers a switch that drives the ram down and then back up. The motor continues and picks up another bullet, and so on. The other motor on the side is just a “drum” with a blind hole in it (doesn’t go all the way through). It’s just a bullet “flipper” this was used so I could use one bullet collator for my sizing set up and my reloading machine, as you want nose down for the sizer and nose up for the reloaders. In the side photo you can just make out the section of tubing that guides the sized bullet into the basket below.

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[Char-Gar]

I do all of my rifle bullet resizing in a nose first push through sizer on the reloading press. I then lube in a trio of Lyman 450 machines.

Handgun bullets are sized and lubed in the Lyman 45 machines

I would suggest either a Lyman or RCBS lubsizer. They are much the same and use the same dies and nose punches.

[jcwit]

No more than you plan to shoot I'd seriously consider tumble lubing. Otherwise I'd keep an eye out for a used Lyman 45 at a gun show or a dealer. Don't forget Craigs list. I starting to see more and more used items on dealers shelves.

[1hole]

For such small quanities, use a Lee sizer (on the press) and tumble lube.