I haven't pour'd any lead in years. I have at hand the old Lee means of dry sizer die in a press. I have some Lee aluminum molds in various handgun calibers. The way I'm familiar with to lube my fine boolits is to heat the alox to liquid form in a tin pan, set the boolits in to fill the grooves, chill, then 'cookie cut' them out, then run through the sizer. Works OK, but I want to produce more volume and better sized/lubed boolits for upcoming Bullseye league. I've missed out on a couple Lyman 45/450's on Ebay recently. -Actually, the most recent one sold for near 90% of new price. Dang! I might try the Lee teflon lube.
I shoot rimfire Bullseye now, scores are ~558/600. I will be shooting Kimber or older Clark 1911 45acp. I expect scores to be near the same or better in the near future as long as I can turn out quality projectiles.
OK, I need specific answers as to why one is better than the other.
Lyman/Ideal 45
Lyman 450
Lyman 4500
Lyman 4500 with base heater or heating rod
Star Lubrisizer With/without base heater
***********************
Lee aluminum molds
Lyman steel molds
Lyman or H&G cast molds
Multiple cavity molds or single cavity molds
***********************
Lube/Sizing dies. Star? Lyman? .451 or .452"
Thank you. -Steve