So I had been dipping the entire bullet end of the cartridge in lube, which, of course, lubes the nose of the bullet also. This seemed unnecessary to me and possibly even detrimental to accuracy, depending on how evenly the lube was deposited and remained on the nose during firing.
Anyway I decided to copy an idea I picked up from somewhere around here of making a dipper, kind of like the old Paas Easter Egg dippers, that the bullet could sit in during dipping. It would support the bullet, but also shield the nose from lube. Worked like a charm, though I will make the handle longer as it got a little warm during use.
The holder is made from a .45 ACP cartridge, which I expanded to the needed size using a dapping punch from Harbor Freight.
Then I made up about 200 rounds of ammo for doing a serious load workup session tomorrow, if the rain holds off:
Steve
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