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Old 04-04-2012, 04:07 AM
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anyone have a good bullet lube recipe of common item ingredients . im new to casting and i just bought a sizing die .i got a single cavity 150 gr round nose bullet mold at timonium gun show because it was 10 bucks it an older mold made by lee . ive made about 100 rounds so far and they came out real nice but very slow process. the new 6 cavity lee microband molds say they need no sizing. can i pan lube mine and whats a good lube ? and is the lead round nose ok on 357 and whats a starting load on my mold with hp 38 powder for 38 special and 357 if possible . any other advice i aprecciate .or if you have any molds u arent using
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Tumble Lubing--Made Easy & Mess-Free - Cast Boolits

Thread is 10+ pages long but your answer is on page #1-- recipe, ingredients, and techniques. All the rest of the posts are nuggets of information.

A Lee 1 cavity mold sure is slow for hand gun bullets -- makes you appreciate every shot.
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good info on this site thanks
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I use a Lee six cavity mould and find that they need sizing. I use a Lee sizer and Lee tumble lube. Very good success. I've shot several thousand.
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Engineer - great link, thanks.
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