Matt
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Ever since I learned that there was no need to fill every grease groove on a bullet I’ve been struggling with .22 and .243 bullets in my RCBS lubrisizer going too deep in the sizing die and having more grooves filled than I wanted/needed and the need to wipe off excess lube. Not having enough upward adjustment of the stop screw made it impossible to adjust the stop screw so the base of the bullet did not get a bit (or more than a bit) of lube that also need to be wiped off.
I’ve solved this in the past by using washers around the top punch and other temporary spacers.
I got very frustrated today trying to lube and size the .243 85 gr NOE FP to fil just the first groove. I had a eureka moment when I remembered I had some 1/2 diameter by 1/2 inch long nylon spacers. I purchased a handful years ago to make powder bushing for and old Pacific powder measure. I had some left over. By enlarging the center hole with a 1/4 “ drill bit the spacer fits on the plunger shaft between the head of the plunger and the hollow adjustment screw. The head of the plunger is also 1/2 inch in diameter so the plunger still enters the bottom of the sizer and pushes the center pin of the sizer die up to eject the bullet. It worked perfect for the .243 NOE bullets and the 410459 revolver bullet I tried.
I attached some photos that might make this clearer. It’s cut my time sizing and lubing the NOE bullet in half. No wiping excess lube.
They’re sideways again. Can someone explain how to fix this?
I’ve solved this in the past by using washers around the top punch and other temporary spacers.
I got very frustrated today trying to lube and size the .243 85 gr NOE FP to fil just the first groove. I had a eureka moment when I remembered I had some 1/2 diameter by 1/2 inch long nylon spacers. I purchased a handful years ago to make powder bushing for and old Pacific powder measure. I had some left over. By enlarging the center hole with a 1/4 “ drill bit the spacer fits on the plunger shaft between the head of the plunger and the hollow adjustment screw. The head of the plunger is also 1/2 inch in diameter so the plunger still enters the bottom of the sizer and pushes the center pin of the sizer die up to eject the bullet. It worked perfect for the .243 NOE bullets and the 410459 revolver bullet I tried.
I attached some photos that might make this clearer. It’s cut my time sizing and lubing the NOE bullet in half. No wiping excess lube.
They’re sideways again. Can someone explain how to fix this?
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