Lube Migration?

[Dave Roelle]

Hi Eric:

I mold my lube cookies so they are all of the same volume and not quite as large in diameter as the I.D. of the case

Insert your choice of overpowder wad and seat with your press to the appropriate depth in the case.

Drop in the cookie and cover it with a wad that will seal in the lube----milk carton wads work well for me

Using the same seating punch as used with the overpowder wad----- gradually seat the overcookie wad until you just leak lube past the overcookie wad------now back off your seating punch 0.005/0.010 inches

(I made a special shim to use on the seating punch to easily control the second punch position)

This way you assure the cookie fills its space and you won't over pressure it causing it to bypass the wads

Also this way, with uniform cookies, your total payload weight stays under control and you won't contaminate the patch.

hope this helps

Dave