Well I will say I have done both and use a lube pump. It does not take much time to do 100 bullets. and the mess is far less than most would lead you to believe. Making the dies can some times be a bit of a PIA but it is not rocket science.
Cheers,
Laurie

After lubing, I use a push-through sizing die - at least to strip off the excess lube, sometimes to true up a bit.  Pushing through tends to squeeze MOST of the lube off the base.  Rubbing the base on a shop towel does the rest.

I would like to try the lube pump.  I've tried sending an email to Willis, but still haven't heard anything back, maybe he's busy or has been away.  I guess I'll continue pan lubing until I can acquire one of those nice dell style lube pumps.

  P.S.  for those who pan lube in the oven, you might want to try on of those silicone baking pans.  When the lube is cool the whole block just pops right out.

   I use a pump mainly for tapered bullets and other odd shapes, and a Star luber for cylindrical bullets, or ones that need a little sizing.   The Star has the advantage over other lubrisizers in that you can easily turn out a die of any size.   
    A neat tip for wiping off the bases -- wear a pair of old trousers, and wipe the bases on your thigh.   When the pants are thoroughly greasy, throw them in the laundry.   
    With proper dies, though, neither the Star nor the pumps are messy.
    Willis Gregory's pumps are the same as the DELL lube pump.  ONly criticism is that the cross-bar handle is not as handy as a circular one.   On the ones that I make, I use a hose-bib knob.   Not as cute, but works better.   Maybe another criticism is that I would use an o-ring instead of a cup on the piston.

CHRIS
RGChristensen

I do both. Pan for 25 cal, pump for 32. It is no fun to arrive at a match and find your pre lumber bullets are now bright and shiny and naked. With a pump you can lube in the hotel room the night before a match. I use a towel on the bench under my rest and wipe the base on it.  Works for me
Does Single shot still make the pumps and dies? I heard he stopped making them.    

rfd - to each their own, but that seems like a lot of effort. Especially as much as my hands shake I would be dropping bullets into the can/pan all the time. Unless there is some advantage I do not see, if I had to do them individually I would go back to the lubrisizer. I like doing them 50+ at a time. Takes about 15min turn-around time on a batch. Only handle the bullets to go from the Styrofoam to lube-cake and then back into the Styrofoam after popping out of the lube-cake. 10min of that time is waiting while the double-boiler (fondue pot) melts the lube. Do other things during that time.

I dip lube, use hemostats to dip and then to squish onto a metal sheet.  Bullets freeze and stick instantly (stay that way for storage too).

Cookie cutter or push through Lee sizer.  Pushing through leaves bases almost perfectly clean from lube.