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Dell Lube Pump Dies
Aug 17th, 2026 at 2:53pm
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I know this question has been asked before but I can't find the answer.  I have a friend looking for dies for one.

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Reply #1 - Aug 17th, 2026 at 3:35pm
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As far as I know, they are custom made for the intended bullet, at least mine were.
  
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Reply #2 - Aug 17th, 2026 at 8:45pm
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I had to supply three cast bullets so dies could be made to fit when mine was made.
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Reply #3 - Aug 17th, 2026 at 9:43pm
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Thanks.  Is anyone matching them these days?

  
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Re: Dell Lube Pump Dies
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Singleshot inherited his tooling and parts for the lube pumps (and inserts(.  When last I spoke with him, his health was such that he couldn't work at his lathe.  The insert blanks are not that hard to make if you have the specs or one to copy, but the chamber as Charlie made them required matching the exact bullet profile.  This is especially important with tapered bullets for breech seating.  I can send specs if needed.
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Green_Frog wrote Today at 1:58pm:
Singleshot inherited his tooling and parts for the lube pumps (and inserts(.  When last I spoke with him, his health was such that he couldn't work at his lathe.  The insert blanks are not that hard to make if you have the specs or one to copy, but the chamber as Charlie made them required matching the exact bullet profile.  This is especially important with tapered bullets for breech seating.  I can send specs if needed.
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I can see making a one-time use half-diameter reamer out of drill rod to match the taper of a bullet. Am I correct in assuming that's basically how Charlie did it? (Get it close with drill bits /chucking reamer and then bring it to final dimensions with the one time use reamer.)

I have a Barnett and an unknown maker lube pumps which I gotta make inserts for. I pan lube generally but the idea of lubing handfuls of bullets in between relays  for something constructive to do is appealing also.

I wonder how simply sticking a Zerk fitting on the outside of the barrel right over the throat would work? Give it a pump with an automotive grease gun filled with bullet grease before breech seating a bullet. Oughta do the trick, no?!
  
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