I've just finished casting my very first lot of bullets this weekend. Unfortunately, I got so excited about casting, that I forgot that I have to lube them.
I've investigated the options for lubrisizers, and it looks like there's a lot of very nice folks on this forum who are willing to sell me their old Lyman 45's to do the job. Thanks for all the offers!
My real question is, how do these beasts work? With the $12 Lee option from Midway, it looks like the size is simply a tube that threads into a press and you can just run the bullet through the tube and then tumble lube later in liquid alox. Let me know if this is incorrect.
With the other lubrisizers, they have these optional heating accessories and what not. That's where I get a little confused...does a Lyman sizer, for example, just have a tube that sizes the bullet, then you have to manually rub lube into the grooves of the bullet yourself, or is this done through some sort of automated deal? I'm struggling to see how to automate such a thing, especially with hot, liquid lube.
oh, by the way, Thanks for all of your help in getting me started so far! After reading so much on this forum, my first casting session went by better than I could have ever imagined without your help!