this time of year i start "bullet Picking" as in picking up all the bullets the frozen ground pop up after the thaw.
those that i have sized and lubed in the conventional way all have lube still in the groove. i was never sold on tumble lube but this shows me that very little of the lube is transffered to the bore. i have started just dumping fresh cast bullets into a empty powder bottle with a couple glops of Lee's Alox , tumbling it around , dumping them on a tray to dry over night and loading. have been getting great accuracy and no leading.
other then that i powder coat every thing up to 45-70.


the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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