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Offline Cheyenne Ranger

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Storing soft-lubed bullets
« on: March 11, 2003, 07:50:03 AM »
How do ya'll store your bullets so the lube doesn't go everywhere?
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« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2003, 09:50:51 AM »
I put them in foam cartridge boxes available from midway(cheap). I ordered some bullets from cheycast, before I started casting them, and that is what they shipped them in. The lube I use for BP is very sticky  and this protects them quite well.
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2003, 01:59:57 AM »
I cast my pills and store them dry.  When its time to reload, I size a pill and set it on the seating stage, pull the crank.  I gots my lube sizer mounted directly left of my press so I work left to right.  Its not much slower than doing th lue/sizing  and reloading in seperate operations and then my lubed bullets are safely stored in the brass cases.
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Storing soft-lubed bullets
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2003, 04:58:27 AM »
Cheyenne Ranger, Yep, I know what you are going through.  You have already received two good ways to overcome the lube mess.  I like to cast a lot of handgun bullets in the winter time as we can go through a couple thousand rounds a month with shots and practice during the summer.  Here is what I do. I just use the large white boxes which bulk commercial bullets come in.  As I lube each bullet in the "lubamatic" I place it base down in the bottom of the box and set the next one next to it in rows.  When the first layer is complete, I put a piece of cardboard between it and lext layer of bullets, until the box is full.  Then I fill about ten more boxes.  If you store BP lubed bullets in this manner, they do not move arround much and rub up agaist each other.  This has worked very well.  If this doesn't work for you, your lube is TOO SOFT!  Good Luck! Make Smoke!
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