neck lube

Chetc · Feb 3, 2016

been reloading alot of 223 lately, i notice when i use the Imperial wax for the outside lube, then i take a cotton swab with some wax on it and use it inside the neck for a lube when FS. after awhile i got thinking when i do my powder drops i see powder sticking to the necks, i am not 100% sure this is not hampering some of my groups, so i am looking for some suggestions to get around this, any dry lubes or powders out there to do a better way of lubing the inside of the necks so the powder does not stick to the neck.

Chet

GBExpat · Feb 3, 2016

You could try some powdered mica.

Hondo 60 · Feb 3, 2016

You didn't say if you tumble after sizing.
For me, that's just SOP - "standard operating policy"

Bart B. · Feb 3, 2016

If you run fired case necks over a bore brush spun by a drill before sizing them, the expander ball will come back up through them much easier and no lube's needed. Case necks so treated will typically end up as straight on case shoulders and bodies as those with lube inside the necks.

Case lube on powder changes its burning properties.

Clean the case lube off the cases before you reload them; much less messy and a cleaner way with all involved.

ArchAngelCD · Feb 3, 2016

Powder isn't really power but pellets and probably wont stick to the little bit of lube left in the case neck. If your groups are poor it's not the clubs doing it.

TwoEyedJack · Feb 3, 2016

I clean my cases before sizing until they are bright and shiny. Then I spray the casings with One Shot, making sure to get some inside the case mouth. Let it dry, then start sizing. Mine never are sticky going back over the expander ball.

Kevin Rohrer · Feb 3, 2016

Imperial also makes dry neck lube, which I use.

neck lube

Chetc

Member

GBExpat

Member

Hondo 60

Member

Bart B.

Member

ArchAngelCD

Member.

TwoEyedJack

Member

Kevin Rohrer

Member

Similar threads