Nothing wrong with doing that, especially if your bullets drop from the mold at desired diameter. In fact, a lot of serious cast bullet accuracy buffs buy custom molds (Accurate Molds is a good source) that drop their bullets at a diameter pre-ordained for the exact alloy being used. Tom at Accurate Molds is a master at creating that phenomenon. Doing that, and merely pan lubing guarantees a bullet that isn't conflicted by passing it through a sizing die.
One way to skin the pan lubing cat: set bullets in the tray, pour molten lube to desired depth (don't ever get the lube so hot that it smokes - that messes with its viability), let cool until solid. Then set the tray in the freezer for a half hour-45 minutes. Remove from freezer, turn upside down, and coax the whole shebang out of the tray - bullets, wax, and all. Then merely press the bullets out of the wax with your thumb. Done. Put the empty cake of lube back in the tray and insert the next batch of bullets into the empty holes, re-melt, repeat. The bullets end up with perfectly filled lube grooves.
Edit: don't set the bullets so close together that they impinge on their neighbors. It makes re-using the lube cake easier for the next go-around.
Last edited by gnoahhh; 10/27/22.
