"I would like to find a faster way to lube tapered bullets"

I've found no better or faster way to lube tapered bullets than to pan lube. A regular pie pan will hold 100+ 32's. 

I heat the pan and lube at just above melting point on a electric burner. Put the bullets in, let cool and if they don't want to come out of the pan, I put them in the "ice box" and let it shink from the pan. all thats left is to push them out from the point and out the bottom, perfectly lubed. It does take more lube to begin with but, it lasts for years.

Frank

dave_j wrote on Apr 5^th, 2011 at 10:14pm:


+1 to dave j.  I pan lube a new bullet design until I am sure I will want to shoot it, then send a couple to Willis for a new insert for one of my lube pumps.  BTW, they do not lubrisize!  A tapered bullet is usually shot as cast and only lubricated without sizing.

Froggie

40_Rod wrote on Apr 6^th, 2011 at 8:20am:


40 Rod,

I had forgotten about your tapered reamer trick... that would put the process in a bench mounted lubricating pump while still making it possible to skip the sizing step.  In fact, the die you made for me to use in my Dell hand pump is one of the best fits of all I own.  One caution;  The bullet must go into the die nose first and then come back out the way it went in... so it will be upside down from the way your Lyman or RCBS is usually used.

Froggie

For the Lyman or RCBS Lubrisizer, since you don't want to actually size the bullet, a brass or aluminum "sizer" is easy to turn. Get the outside dimensions from another sizer die, bore the hole smaller than bullet diameter by some convenient size, cut the bore tapered to allow the bullet to enter the die plus a little, so it fits well but doesn't get reduced in size. Measure for the lube holes, drill them where you want lube, turn a nose (base) punch that just places the bullet in the die without jamming, and fit a rod to push the bullet out when it's lubed. To lube the bullet, it is inserted nose first, pressed home, turn the handle to pressurize the lube and fill the grooves, then back the handle off to depressurize the lube and push out the bullet, then repeat. Almost as fast as regular sizing, but not quite as you have to back off the lube pressure for every bullet.