[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Swaging Lube

Posted: 2/23/2013 12:19:08 PM EDT

Swaging a .310 bullet down to .308, using CH-4D swaging die. Lube bullet and it gets about half way and stops, will not go through. CH-4D says you can go down .004" no prob. What lube will work best for this? I am using reg. bullet lube.

Posted: 2/23/2013 6:49:14 PM EDT

[#1]

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Swaging a .310 bullet down to .308, using CH-4D swaging die. Lube bullet and it gets about half way and stops, will not go through. CH-4D says you can go down .004" no prob. What lube will work best for this? I am using reg. bullet lube.

Please define: reg. bullet lube. Brand is needed.

I'm partial to Imperial when forming cases.

Posted: 2/23/2013 6:56:08 PM EDT

[#2]

+1 on Imperial
If that won't work, then you are into some extreme cold working which isn't casual.
If you need to resort to an EP additive in a lubricant, you should be considering multi-step forming.

Posted: 2/23/2013 7:10:54 PM EDT

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Corbin sells swaging lube.

Posted: 2/23/2013 9:34:33 PM EDT

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Corbin sells swaging lube.

That's what I use. Some use a mix of STP and lanolin. Case lube won't work too well.

He's tring to draw down the dia of the bullet not size the case.

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