Hi all, awhile back I got dad a 45 acp for carrying around the yard. They've had Mountain lions wreck the fish pond and take tabby cats off of the back porch. Their neighbor lost a cat out of the kitchen window. Anyway, he's been shooting it abit, so I decided it was time for him to start reloading. He's had my RCBS 45-230 mold for a month and has cast up a pile of boolits, so I ordered one of the Lee Aniversary kits from Midway that comes with everything to get him started. He opened it tonight and was quite tickled. He's going to whip up a loading bench then I'll spend an afternoon showing him how to set the dies and such. It was kind of weird talking to him about something that I knew more about. It went pretty well though. Now I wish that I would have bought 2 of the BD 45 molds. I didn't get him a lubersizer. What do you guys do when you pan lube?

Mrs. Claus brought me a Dillon primer pocket swageing tool.

First I would measure the bullets he cast. I cast .45 230RN with a Lee mold and I dont have to size them. They mic .4525 with wheelweights. I just use Lee Liquid alox and shoot them as cast. If you need to size the Lee sizer will fit on his press and can be had for about $14.00. At velocities under 1400 fps the Lee liquid alox has worked well for me in pistols and rifles. I have used the anniversary kit and I liked everything but the powder scale.

Lar45: As a "dad" of two, I can certify that there is NOTHING so rewarding as having your kids come back as adults and teach YOU something new! Says that you brought 'em up right, in spite of all the inevitable traumas of parenthood. Best for the New Year! floodgate

Lar, pan lubing is more trouble than it's worth for .45 ACP. Liquid Alox works, but it's messy and tacky. Lee CASE Lube works and is a lot less messy and tacky. Rooster Jacket is about perfect.

If you really wanna pan lube, you need a small shallow flat bottomed pan, some lube, and a cutter. Sawed off .45-70 case works fine for the cutter. Try unfired and if that does not work, go to a fired one. All you do is set bullets base down in the pan, melt the lube to the right height, take off heat and let setup. Then you cut the bullets out with the cutter. Later batches are easier since you just put the bullets in the holes and melt a little bit.

I do this on a wood stove that will never get hot enough to catch the lube on fire. Dunno I would try it indoors on a gas stove.

Re: Pan lubing...my experience is with Emmert's lube, a good, easy home-made lube - not just for bp, either. I melt the lube in a Pyrex cup on a double boiler, some microwave it in short bursts until it's melted and before it coats the roof of the oven with lube. After pouring, if you get the lube cooled to the right point, not completely hard, the whole brick comes out and the perfectly lubed bullets pop right out with a little thumb pressure. Cutting them out is best done with a bottleneck case - got any 45-100 Remington 45-75 Winchester laying around? (Me neither.) Bottlenecks are handy because you can keep punching them through without having to pop them back out again each time. Maybe if you cut the 45-70 case high enough that it doesn't start to shrink in inside diameter towards the head then the lubed bullets will pop through. Hope this helps. Stan

I might have to try the Lee Case lube. I got hime Carbide dies so he might as well use it for something.