Comments on: Lube Choices for Case Sizing — Reviewing the Options

By: Ken D

Ken D — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:06:37 +0000

Royal case and die lube id the best ive ever used and ive used many. Never a stuck case or shoulder dent

By: Blackbrush

Blackbrush — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:13:22 +0000

I’m partial to sprays like Dillon but I do so in a 1 gallon Ziploc. Zip it shut after spraying and roll around and massage. No fumes and no mess. Save the bag for the next go. I then dip the necks in dry moly on the way to the sizer. I find less runout the better I lube things. I tumble in stainless and anneal before and then I vibrate in liquid auto wax treated dry media before priming and loading. That cleans residual lube but also shines, protects and prevents bullet/neck weld/reaction.

By: Jim22

Jim22 — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:52:47 +0000

I liked the Hornady one shot when it was available in a pump spray container. When they went to a pressurized can I went somewhere else. I settled on the pump spray sold by Dillon. An 8 oz. spray bottle is $8.95.

http://www.dillonprecision.com/dillon-synthetic-case-lube-8oz-bottle_8_8_26518.html

For bulk work I drop the cases into a stainless bowl, spray, agitate with my fingers, spray again and agitate again. Let them sit for 5-10 minutes before sizing. Wash the residue off with soapy water.

By: Trevor60

Trevor60 — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:19:43 +0000

I have switched lube type do to incorporating wet tumbling as a step in reloading. I found dish soap worked for lubing the outside of the cases. Dish soap is thick enough to stay on the case during FL sizing and it is the ultimate water soluble lube when run through a 20-25 min wet tumbling cycle.

By: Tom Alves

Tom Alves — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:07:13 +0000

Use the dry lube for inside of the necks first, then the Imperial wax on the outside. Size/decap and put the cases in the vibrator to clean. Trim after that.
TA

By: mark

mark — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 08:32:21 +0000

i like water solvents, like rcbs’s. they are just more clean…

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:22:48 +0000

I have the same question as Lee M. Is graphite just for neck sizing?

By: Lee M

Lee M — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:40:36 +0000

I don’t see how to use graphite for inside the neck and something sticky for the outside without it getting mixed together and crapping up the inside of the neck requiring manual cleaning.

By: Mr Bill

Mr Bill — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:29:54 +0000

Just an aside . . . .

Have any of you tried mink oil? Has to be the pure stuff, no silicone. After having used it for about 15 years I’m sold. Goes on like die wax, wipes off well and I’ve never stuck a case with it.

BTW, I’m still using the first container.