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Offline arky65

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need lube help
« on: July 29, 2007, 06:04:45 PM »
 I recently purchased some cast bullets from a guy and when I opened the box discovered they have no lube. What would be the easiest way for  me to lube them? they are 148 grain .357 bullets.

thanks in advance

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Re: need lube help
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2007, 07:22:22 PM »
arky65, probably the easiest way to get lube on the bullets, is Lee liquid alox. About $3-$4 a bottle, and one bottle will do quite a few bullets.(probably in the thousands) It's kinda thick, and on the bottle, it says you can thin it out with alcohol. I don't, I just take the bottle,(actually it's plastic) and put it in a jar or glass of real hot water. Shake it up a few times, and after it gets warm, squeeze some into a plastic container with the bullets.(I use a plastic ice cream bucket)  Dump them out onto a hard surface and let them dry. Works great!! gypsyman
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Re: need lube help
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2007, 11:34:41 PM »
not much of a fan of lee tumble lube but like he said its probably your easiest route right now.
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Re: need lube help
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2007, 03:49:17 AM »
What Lloyd said.

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Re: need lube help
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2007, 11:27:55 AM »
Thanks guys, I need to place an order to one of the shooting supply houses so I will add some liguid alox to the order.

any big difference between lee vs lyman looks as though they  both have a similar product.

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