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Gun Lube molds ...Where to buy

gold gun mangold gun man Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
edited January 2007 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I was wondering how I get molds for casting gun lube and are there many Different sizes to get or just a few?
Thanks Mike
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello Mike I am confused on what exactly your question is. I cast and lube many lead bullets in many different calibers . The normal way is to cast the bullet in a mold and then use a machine to lube and size the RAW cast bullet in one operation . In this method you need a sizer die for each caliber bullet. other then that i don't know what you are asking.. I buy the bullet lube in sticks that fit my machine.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello Gold Gun Man . Let me make a suggestion check with your Plastics dealer one brand that I buy comes in a very thin wall clear plastic tube with a cap on each end The maker just pours it into the tube. The other thing you need to know is some machines Like Star and Magma uses a solid round stick 1 inch by about 3 inches but many like RCBS and LYMAN use a same size stick but with a hole down the middle about 3/8 inch diameter.the standard lube is 50% alox & 50% bees-wax but there are some brands that have to be heated to use and are very hard and others that are SYN. but they all sell fairly cheap. I don't want to throw cold water on your project but it will be a hard sell to get most people to change from their brand to yours ...
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  • Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    All the lube sticks I've purchased were already shaped (tubeuler sticks) to fit the chamber on my "lube-sizer".
    Now if your making your own soft lube, you could pour it directly into the lube chamber. The factories extrude/cut the sticks, they don't cast them.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I make my own bullet lube (felix lube, from the folks at the cast boolit forum- I HATE that name). Works great. Unless making to sell, don't worry; just let harden in old butter tubs, cottage cheese tubs, etc. When ready to use, microwave about 5 minutes, then pour into your lubesizer. Better than a stick, it doesn't leave any air pockets.

    If you must make it into a tube, a piece of PVC with a screw off bottom and another piece of PVC rod glued to that bottom, sprayed with spray silicone works well. Pour in the top, unscrew when hardened, and it slides right out. Then grasp the lube with waxed paper and slide off the stick. I have not done this personally but a good shooting buddy of mine does and it works fine.
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  • gold gun mangold gun man Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
    Hello Gold Gun Man . Let me make a suggestion check with your Plastics dealer one brand that I buy comes in a very thin wall clear plastic tube with a cap on each end The maker just pours it into the tube. The other thing you need to know is some machines Like Star and Magma uses a solid round stick 1 inch by about 3 inches but many like RCBS and LYMAN use a same size stick but with a hole down the middle about 3/8 inch diameter.the standard lube is 50% alox & 50% bees-wax but there are some brands that have to be heated to use and are very hard and others that are SYN. but they all sell fairly cheap. I don't want to throw cold water on your project but it will be a hard sell to get most people to change from their brand to yours ...
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  • gold gun mangold gun man Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Originally posted by perry shooter

    Hi Perry shooter
    Could you email me the Plastics dealer name and phone number that you have got your thin wall clear plastic tube with a cap on each end? mgalewis@qwest.net how dos the plastics dealer now how big the diameter is?
    Thanks Mike
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  • gold gun mangold gun man Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi Perry shooter
    Could you email me the Plastics dealer name and phone number that you have got your thin wall clear plastic tube with a cap on each end? mgalewis@qwest.net how dos the plastics dealer now how big the diameter is?
    Thanks Mike

    quote:Originally posted by gold gun man
    quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
    Hello Gold Gun Man . Let me make a suggestion check with your Plastics dealer one brand that I buy comes in a very thin wall clear plastic tube with a cap on each end The maker just pours it into the tube. The other thing you need to know is some machines Like Star and Magma uses a solid round stick 1 inch by about 3 inches but many like RCBS and LYMAN use a same size stick but with a hole down the middle about 3/8 inch diameter.the standard lube is 50% alox & 50% bees-wax but there are some brands that have to be heated to use and are very hard and others that are SYN. but they all sell fairly cheap. I don't want to throw cold water on your project but it will be a hard sell to get most people to change from their brand to yours ...
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