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I did order the tumble lube mold and a .452 sizer with lube included. Is it neccessary or preferable to size bullets with this mold? When I was a kid I had some kind of sizer lubricator that somehow forced lube into the grooves as it sized the bullet. Do they still make these? Have they become unneccessary?
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If you are using the Tumble Lube bullet mould you do not need to size it at all. They are designed so all you have to do is put them in a bucket and lube them then load them.
The luber/sizer you mentioned using as a kid are still made by many manufacturers and are still used. You won't need one with your TL mould and it is easier to tumble lube bullets from most moulds, but not all. With the Lee sizer you don't need a different punch for each nose style you want to size. Although with some nose configurations you will want to size them one at a time which can be a real pain. Some casters don't care for the Lee Liquid Alox and stick with the other type of sizer and luber, it's all a personnal choice.
Fluxing is an important step. As the material heats up the different components seperate from each other. Fluxing makes them blend together again. After fluxing and stirring impurities float to the top and can be skimmed off. If you skim without fluxing you will remove the tin that is required for casting good bullets.