Where to buy Lyman lube sizers?

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I need a .459 sizer and I would like to buy in Canada. Also need a lube heater or some other creative solution.

Google has not helped. One dealer site I checked has a horrible search engine.

Any leads would be appreciated.
 
You can order direct from Lyman without any hassles. You can purchase a dedicated lube base heater, but a hairdryer or heat gun from your tool box works very well.
 
Can't give any additional info on where to get sizers.

As far as a lube heater goes, I've always used a hair dryer concentrating the heated stream on the barrel of the lube-sizer. This will soften the hardest lube to the point of too soft. Lay the hair dryer on its side on top of a folded cloth (to aim the dryer and to keep it from vibrating off the loading bench). It only takes about 5 minutes until there is enough heat to keep the lube soft. Then, turn the dryer off. The friction from sizing the bullets will produce enough residual heat to continue lubing at least 300 bullets.

You may have to leave the room when the hair dryer is running as the high-pitched whine of the motor can drive you batty. Give it a try before investing in a Lyman heater.
 
Nothing at Epps (online). I do have a heat gun - that would work for now.

Ebay appears to be the cheapest option (as long as I can order the matching top punch).
 
Don't shy away from old versions of Ideal/Lyman sizers.In some respects they work better than new models.They are far cheaper unless in mint,collectible condition (at least those I ever see are).
 
I was looking for homebrew heater ideas today and remembered I have some heated grip inserts for under my Atv grips. Will be switching soon to a harder lube and I'm quite confident the grip insert will be easy enough to rig up into a mounting plate and surely provide plenty of heat.
 
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I was looking for homebrew heater ideas today and remembered I have some heated grip inserts for under my Atv grips. Will be switching soon to a harder lube and I'm quite confident the grip insert will be easy enough to rig up into a mounting plate and surely provide plenty of heat.
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I ordered 20$ in parts from ebay to build one


http://www.ebay.ca/itm/162220674943?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/322111580561?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
 
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Before I discovered powder coat I had my RCBS lube sizer mounted with a 1/4" sheet of aluminium plate under it. Put a clothes iron on the plate and put it on gentle heat.
 
If you really need the die, and .459 is not a common die I would not think, I would just get it from Lyman and pick up a Lyman heater at the same time. By the time you play around with alternate heating methods you might just find it more convenient and less expensive to just fork out the money once. If you are in your 30's - 50's the cost will be insignificant for a lifetime of use.

Take Care

Bob
 
I found a .459 on eBay for $31 US shipped. SSFireams makes custom dies for $38 US.

I will start with 45-70 @ .459 and see how it goes (Marlin 1895CB).

Has anyone slugged a Marlin .45-70 barrel? Are they oversized like the .44 1894's?
 
My 1990's version of a Marlin Cowboy slugs right on at .457 but any of my older Marlins (1890-1920's) are all over the map .458-.461.

The Cowboy shoots "reasonable" (2'' or so) with any hard cast from 350 gr to 450 gr in the range of .458-.459 but surprisingly it really shines with 230 gr .452 pistol bullets, it will clover leaf them at 100 yrds all day...of course they require a little "modification" to perform like this...I powder coat (after boiling the wax lube off) them up to .460 and then size down to .459 and shoot them at somewhere between 13 and 1400 fps (don't know the exact #, I have never chrono'd one).
 
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My 1990's version of a Marlin Cowboy slugs right on at .457 but any of my older Marlins (1890-1920's) are all over the map .458-.461.

The Cowboy shoots "reasonable" (2'' or so) with any hard cast from 350 gr to 450 gr in the range of .458-.459 but surprisingly it really shines with 230 gr .452 pistol bullets, it will clover leaf them at 100 yrds all day...of course they require a little "modification" to perform like this...I powder coat (after boiling the wax lube off) them up to .460 and then size down to .459 and shoot them at somewhere between 13 and 1400 fps (don't know the exact #, I have never chrono'd one).
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I have found that a cast (wheel weight) bullet should be at lease 0.002" over the bore diameter. When I sized to bore diameter or 0.001" over, accuracy wasn't as nice as 0.002" over.
Make sure the cartridge neck does not bind in the chamber if you use a bullet 0.002" or larger. The chamber squeezing on the neck can create high pressure very fast. Any indicate of the bolt closing with an increase in force is potential trouble.
I have a Savage 99 with a very tight chamber - I have to size bullets to 0.309" so the loaded case slides in without resistance. Bullets sized to 0.310" take noticable force to slide in.
 
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