RE: Lubing your conicals
You could try warming some Lee Liquid Alox diluted by half with mineral spirits, pan roll the conicals in a thin levelof the warm lube mix, then sit them base down on wax paper to dry. If still tacky, a bit of baby powder in a bag of lubed bullets - fluff them around until they all get a nice outer coat of powder.
Alox stinks, so do this in the garage.