Well, with the oversize .32-40 project, I've been thinking about liquid lube to avoid the need for a special sizing die. So, today, I had a lucid moment and decided to try something.
I took a chunk of my BP lube, which is Paul Matthews and worked great when I was shooting BPCR silhouette, and put it in a container with some acetone and kept mixing until it dissolved. Took a bit to dissolve, but eventually made a nice milky yellow high viscosity liquid.
Put some .22 cast bullets from the .218 Bee in a plastic container, drizzled some over the bullets and then put the lid on a swirled them around. Dumped them out on a paper towel to let the acetone flash off. Did not take long and had some nicely and evenly lubed bullets. I then tried it with a few 270 gr .38 cal bullets and also came out decent. Need to make a lot more to lube a large batch (60 or so) bullets but that's not a big deal. Need to find a bigger plastic bottle that the acetone won't dissolve. Using an eye drops bottle for the test batch.
Here's some pics.
Pretty sure you can tell which are lubed and which are not. But for the uninitiated, the shiny ones on the left are not lubed. First pic is .22 cal and second is .38 cal.
I think I'm going to bring the little squirt bottle of lube and the mixing container with me to the club and breech seat the as-cast bullets my friend is bringing tomorrow to try in my oversized bore .32-40. If she shoots well and there is no problem with leading, this lube may be the way to go. Sure beats sitting at the bench and running them thru the Lubrasizer.
Years ago, I took a Tupperware container and modified it to hold in the chuck of my lathe and turn slowly on the backgears as a case tumbler. That might just be the way to lube a larger number of bullets. I also have a commercial tumbling container that is rubber covered and probably used to run on a set of rollers. Have no idea where it came from. That works in the lathe as well.