hporter
Active Member
I have been casting the past few days in this lovely cool front coming through Houston. I have cast a bunch of different .32 handgun bullets, round nose, SWC and 3 different wadcutter types.
I ran them all through my Star to size and lube them, and then put them in small bags of 50 each. I was pretty pleased with the efficiency of the process.
But yesterday, before the wife and I took our daybreak bicycle ride, I fired the pot up again to use when we got back. This time I dug out my Lee .38 cal 148gr tumble lube 6 cavity. It never ceases to amaze me how many bullets you can produce with a 6 cavity mold.
But what really impressed me was that tonight was the first time I tried my Lee APP press for bullet sizing. I had lubed those wadcutters with Bens Liquid Lube earlier in the day. The tube I selected held 27 of those wadcutters. I was emptying the tube in 45-50 seconds at a manageable pace. As fast as my Star lubesizer feels compared to my old RCBS lubesizer, that really blew me away.
I am happy with Ben's Liquid Lube, and I have dabbled with powder coating and HTC coatings. I think I will be spending more time improving my technique with these coating technologies. I really liked the speed and ease of that press for sizing bullets.
I ran them all through my Star to size and lube them, and then put them in small bags of 50 each. I was pretty pleased with the efficiency of the process.
But yesterday, before the wife and I took our daybreak bicycle ride, I fired the pot up again to use when we got back. This time I dug out my Lee .38 cal 148gr tumble lube 6 cavity. It never ceases to amaze me how many bullets you can produce with a 6 cavity mold.
But what really impressed me was that tonight was the first time I tried my Lee APP press for bullet sizing. I had lubed those wadcutters with Bens Liquid Lube earlier in the day. The tube I selected held 27 of those wadcutters. I was emptying the tube in 45-50 seconds at a manageable pace. As fast as my Star lubesizer feels compared to my old RCBS lubesizer, that really blew me away.
I am happy with Ben's Liquid Lube, and I have dabbled with powder coating and HTC coatings. I think I will be spending more time improving my technique with these coating technologies. I really liked the speed and ease of that press for sizing bullets.