waco
Springfield, Oregon
I followed his recipe of 14oz beeswax and 14oz high pressure molly grease. Melted it all down in a small pot out in the shop on a hot plate then poured it into a shallow backing pan to cool over night. Super easy to make. I cut the lube out of the pan into strips this morning.
I pulled my Lyman 450 off the bench and boiled it along with a couple H&I sizer dies. I lightly oiled and reassembled the press and mounted it back on the bench. I made the mistake of melting down a bunch of lube and while it was still very hot and in liquid form, dumped it into the lube sizer. It went straight through the press like Montazuma's revenge!
After cleaning up that mess, I decided to just cut the lube into smaller chunks and put them into the press. This worked out just fine.
In all, I ended up with just shy of 2lbs of lube. My first bullets lubed were some Accurate 158gr RNFP for some 38spl's. I will compare results with a know load using BAC. Except for the huge mess I made, it was a fun little experiment making lube for the first time. This stuff is not as messy as I thought it might be. It flows through my Lyman 450 just fine with no heat.It's a bit sticky and tacky compared to BAC but not bad.
I can't wait to get out and shoot some. I sized and lubed 50 38's. I'll load these with 3.2gr of Titegroup.
I'll post a couple pics.
Walter
I pulled my Lyman 450 off the bench and boiled it along with a couple H&I sizer dies. I lightly oiled and reassembled the press and mounted it back on the bench. I made the mistake of melting down a bunch of lube and while it was still very hot and in liquid form, dumped it into the lube sizer. It went straight through the press like Montazuma's revenge!
After cleaning up that mess, I decided to just cut the lube into smaller chunks and put them into the press. This worked out just fine.
In all, I ended up with just shy of 2lbs of lube. My first bullets lubed were some Accurate 158gr RNFP for some 38spl's. I will compare results with a know load using BAC. Except for the huge mess I made, it was a fun little experiment making lube for the first time. This stuff is not as messy as I thought it might be. It flows through my Lyman 450 just fine with no heat.It's a bit sticky and tacky compared to BAC but not bad.
I can't wait to get out and shoot some. I sized and lubed 50 38's. I'll load these with 3.2gr of Titegroup.
I'll post a couple pics.
Walter