RE: Lubing your conicals
Get the white Cabelas Lube and use 60% with 40% Bore Butter. Melt together in a microwave -- then dip the bullets using needle-nose pliars. Place the bullets on wax paper until dry -- then use a small knife to remove hardened lube inside the hollow bottom base of the bullet. You can buy the proper sized, emptybullet boxes in reloading aisles of hunting stores for storage.
That's the best lube I ever used. It produces analmost solid finish & leaves no mess on your hands.