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Came in a box lot I bought at a recent auction, described as "Black Powder Lube Extruder as per Paul Matthews Design". I'd like to get more info on it - I Googled the description but only thing came up was a couple books written by Paul Matthews.

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My lube extruder was made by Tom Ballard and his design had a threaded plunger so as it is turned it pushes in and the lube also pushes out through a slot just like this one. The plunger on the Paul Matthews design does not seem to be threaded so I wonder if there is something that needs to be screwed in at the back on those threads that actuates the plunger.
 
Incurable Collectoer said:
My lube extruder was made by Tom Ballard and his design had a threaded plunger so as it is turned it pushes in and the lube also pushes out through a slot just like this one. The plunger on the Paul Matthews design does not seem to be threaded so I wonder if there is something that needs to be screwed in at the back on those threads that actuates the plunger.
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Close, very close - here's the explanation from another forum along with a pic of the item set up in my single stage press.

"If the thread is 7/8” x 14 tpi, you would put it in your loading press, unscrew the top, insert a stick of lube, reattach the top, and put a shell holder on your press ram. A pull on the lever will squeeze a ribbon of lube out of the slot on top. If it’s some other thread size, then you’re missing the squeezer part. This could be a lever or a hand-screw arrangement. If the lube was soft enough, I guess you could push the plunger rod down against a bench top."

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oldrodder said:
My understanding is that you use it to extrude a lube ribbon that is in turn used to make "grease cookies" that are sometimes used in Black Powder cartridges loaded with paper patched bullets.
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OldRodder is correct , I shoot a variety of 45-70 single shot rifles and load primarily with black powder or bp substitutes - typical cartridge would be 70g ffG compressed to allow for thin cardboard wad , the grease 'cookie' sits on top of the wad and the bullet sits on top of the cookie - this is generally for shooting paper patch bullets. If you are shooting lubed bullets then you don't need the grease cookie.

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