cleaning up greasers

[chaneylake]

I pan lube Paul Jones cast as is with DGL lube.

when seating bullet I wipe base of bullet on paper towel

I then seat bullet with Shiloh inline seater

final result is sorta a greasy mess. the inline seater will sometimes pull some of the lube from grease groove.

I then take the loaded cartridge, one at a damn time, and wipe excess lube off with a clean paper towel

is this sorta the normal process or am I missing something

[Old Jim]

I have not tried the in-line seater that you are using. I have heard they are good. I use the seater found in the Forester die-set, works fine. My run-out gage shows 0.001" run-out and almost no grease left in the die or on the outside of the case. Bullets are seated with one grease-groove exposed. I have tried the fancier "Bench-rest" seater-dies, but don't notice any improvement.

Its a good idea to wipe-off most BP loaded ammo. My rifle produces its best groups when I don't have ANY case-lube/bullet-lube in the chamber before dropping the hammer on a fresh round.

Remember, the rifle we get/buy, the sights we buy, the rifle case we buy, the tools we buy ... but the ammo we MAKE. There's a certain level of pride in producing your very best. That's the satisfaction in it.

[chaneylake]

I fully understand Old Jim, being so new to this sport, I guess its just the time frame that it takes to produce quality ammo, its slow and my targets are showing that I have a good load, it just seems slow as hell

I guess I have loaded to many shotshells in my past, I can knock out 600 per hour on my Poness Warren progressive loaders

[Lumpy Grits]

Use a fired/unsized case with a drilled out p'pocket, that allows a dowel to push the bullet out to remove bullet from lube 'cake'.
Wipe bullets 'butt' on paper towel.
I wipe the loaded rnd with a shop towel damp with alcohol.
Lube in the die is SOP.......
I clean/wipe out mine every 20 or so rnds.
Gary

[chaneylake]

LG, I do everything you posted except the alcohol, I will start using the process tomorrow even though my only use for alcohol is consumption