I've done several thousand cast bullets through my rifles and now pistols. It's painfully slow to constantly be lubing things by the "gloved fingers" method and then stuffing them through the Lee sizing dies.
It works, but it's really slow.
My dad has a Lyman #450 press but no heating plate for it, so it's not really any faster than my method.
I see the Lyman #4500 press has a built in heating element, does anyone use one? I know there's some major cast bullet shooters on here. I have about 2k nekkid, unsized 40 cal bullets just sitting there and I'm dreading the hours and hours of work it will be to lube them all.
I read some reviews on the cast bullet forum and a few guys have them but say that the 4500 isn't the solution to all of life's problems and they keep a 450 around too. No explanation as to why this is the case, maybe someone can tell me why?
They're going for about 2/3 price on fleabay, so I'm looking to pick up one from there primarily.
It works, but it's really slow.
My dad has a Lyman #450 press but no heating plate for it, so it's not really any faster than my method.
I see the Lyman #4500 press has a built in heating element, does anyone use one? I know there's some major cast bullet shooters on here. I have about 2k nekkid, unsized 40 cal bullets just sitting there and I'm dreading the hours and hours of work it will be to lube them all.
I read some reviews on the cast bullet forum and a few guys have them but say that the 4500 isn't the solution to all of life's problems and they keep a 450 around too. No explanation as to why this is the case, maybe someone can tell me why?
They're going for about 2/3 price on fleabay, so I'm looking to pick up one from there primarily.
