i have sized and lubed thousands of handgun bullets, but have laid off for the last seven years due to unforeseen circumstances. Now I am having a problem that HAS TO BE just a stupid oversight which when uncovered, will embarrass the crap out of me, but I just can't seem to sort it out.
I have reproduced the problem on two different lubrisizers (one RCBS Lubamatic and one old Lyman), exactly the same... more evidence of inherent stupidity.
Lube is flowing, but comes out at the base of the bullet, right under the base, instead of in the grooves. No amount of raising or lowering anything seems to make any difference. I have adjusted the pushrod from all the way down, to all the way up and everywhere in between. No difference.
New lube in both sizers, different dies. Old lube sat in both of these for those seven years, but it seems to have been cleaned out. If I force lube into the system with a bullet in the sizer, it is clearly moving because it starts to come out the bottom, but the lube grooves in the bullets stay clean.
Please break my stupidity to me gently!