Greetings,

I pan lube my 40 cal bullets with SPG.

They push out of the solidified lube cleanly, ready for sizing.

I recently got involved in 30 cal cast bullet shooting. Here, I use the SAECO greaser to size and lube with NRA 50-50.

Being curious, do any of you pan lube with NRA 50-50 lube?

Do the bullets push out cleanly? Or, does it end up being a big mess?

Cheers,

Dave

I use 8" aluminum cake pans and wait until the sides of the pan 'release' the lube.  You can tell by pushing each side of the pan out at the lube line.  I freeze most of the time unless it is winter and just setting the pan on the cold shop floor works.  Javelina lube takes a colder temp to release SPG not so much.  If you get it too cold, then it is harder to push out.  I just finished lubing 75 bullets and am waiting for the lube to cool.  Someone suggested using the flexible cake 'pans' but they do not sit flat and bullets keep tipping over..  I tried dollar store cake pans but they were too thin and did not release well.

Jack

Double on pie (slopped sides) pan, to make double boiler. Let air harden enough to handle then freezer 1/2 hour. Cake separates from sides so pop it from pan. Let it warm back up a little bullets pop out nice and clean. Put cake back in pan then reload old holes with new bullets and repeat process. 50/50, javalena, Spg, all works the same just varies slightly on freezer time.

Good morning,  I have used a torte pan now for many years with the NRA, SPG and currently mostly with Javelina Lube.
(these have removable bottoms, Amazon or kitchen shop sell these they come in various sizes that I employ depending on how many bullets I want to lube)

For the sticker lubes like Javelina or NRA I employ a piece of parchment paper in the bottom of the pan to make the bottom removal easier, this I accomplish with a putty knife and if you are careful this lasts for quite a while, they are easy to cut out if torn, (happened to me on this lube session)

Only challenge I found with SPG is that one should not fill the center with bullets, the lube fractures for some reason.   

Once I have the bottom off and the parchment paper removed I push the bullets out with a simple hand tool that has a profile cut into it to fit the general shape of the bullet noses.

The 6" pan with lubed bullets has forty bullets in it, the large one I use for BPCR 40/45 bullets and SPG, I can manage a hundred rounds in one of these.   

I have set my pans on a separate piece of parchment paper over newspaper because I have had leakage from the pans with lighter bullets and this controls the spill and makes clean up easy - just use the putty knife.   The piece of newspaper and parchment paper has been in use now for a decade. 

Hopefully this is useful info, it has been a successful method for me with all lubes, if the bullers need sizing thats the next step.

I use lube pan techniques taught tome by Dale McGee (Dale53) who used aluminum or steel pie pans until switching over to the silicone rubber type.  I use a slightly modified version of Emmert’s recipe (with a little carnauba added) for my Maynard carbine and musket Minie balls.  I find that if I just let the lube harden enough to release from the pan and push the bullets down from the top while the lube mass is still a little warm, I get my best results.
Froggie