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Friends, does Felix Lube work in a lube-sizer without adding heat? And does it harden sufficiently so as to not be sticky-gooey when you load the bullet in the case? (I am looking for a recipe that...

Thanks fellows - great advice!
Scott

Dillon 650. I don't use lube for pistol cases. maybe that's the ticket. What lube would you use?

It's Carbide - Dillon dies.

I reload 45s and 9s. The 9s seem to cling to the first die (sizer-deprimer) and you have to pull it back out with a strong upward pull on the lever. 45s on the other hand just go in and out with...

I am looking for a CTS to cut 223 to 300 Black out. can't find where to buy one. Please tell me! Thx!

The melting point for zinc is about 100 degrees higher than for lead, so i always scoop out the junk as soon as the lead reaches its melting point and figured that that kept the material zinc free....

Thank you all very much. This is great advice. My lead pot was running about 700 but i could tell my sprue plate was getting too hot, therefore the entire mold was probably getting too hot. Thanks...

I got about 10 of these out of 500 cast today. Not many, but wondering what is the cause? Is it temperature? or lead alloy? or what? any ideas? Thanks! (Sorry the picture is upside down)

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Please advise. Lee has a 6 cav mold for a 120 grain truncated cone (90387) and one for a 125 grain round nose (90457), both with the single lube groove (the others have Alar type small grooves). Are...

Thanks to all. Good counsel.

Thanks 6, i may trim a bit more off if that has worked for you.

Just got a new 650, works great, except the shellplate jerks at the last moment of indexing and jostles powder out of the top of small cases like 9mm. Apparently this is a common problem for the 650....

Thanks to everyone who responded - especially the 2 or 3 non- snarky ones. Scarter

It has taken me 6 months to get to the point of happiness with my Lee 6-cav molds. I want to share my discoveries in top ten fashion:

10. #4 on the Lee Pro 4 20 Lb furnace is a good running speed....

Thanks to all for your good advice.

After shooting a hundred or so, sometimes there are flakes of powder on the shooting bench that obviously didn't burn and either came out the muzzle or the ejection port. I shoot 45s, use Unique....

thanks 2much - very interesting. please tell me more about slowing down the flow. how does rate of flow affect the finished product?

i looked up this thread because i had a terrible time with my Lee 6 cav 45 200swc mold yesterday. it was interesting that each time my lead pot neared empty the bullets started dropping out easier....

I have a Lee 6-Cavity 452 mold for 45 ACP 200 SWCs. As i use it the screws get loose and i have to tighten them up every few minutes, which slows down production significantly -- especially the...

Thanks to all. I followed Colorado's advice and it helped. Fewer cases snag the die, but some still do. I am not sure what JOhnJ means by tightening down the shell plate. Do you mean the bolt down...

Friends, I load 45 ACP on my 550b. question: when I insert the shell in the first station (sizing die) it is canted about a degree to the right so that it stops the upward movement of the shellplate...

Btroj and Sharpshooter, I took your advice and it worked out well. First i cleaned my mold. I found half a dozen little teeny tiny lead spots on the interior plates that i picked off. these were...

Some of my newly cast bullets (45ACP) are too fat to pass through the Lee sizing die. I use the Lee 6 cav 200 grain mold. Most size easily and nicely. One out of 5 or 6 gets stuck and i have to tap...