Case lube fail
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thump_rrr
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I have a lifetime supply.
I need to open mine and check.
I need to open mine and check.
dredd
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It doesn't like being stored in my shop either.
Mine looked the same way.
It felt weird, but I still used it while waiting for a new tub to arrive.
It stays in the house now.
Mine looked the same way.
It felt weird, but I still used it while waiting for a new tub to arrive.
It stays in the house now.
JohnMc
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I wonder if it's like melted and re-cooled butter; looks funky but works fine.
FWIW, I'd give a try at whipping/beating it.
FWIW, I'd give a try at whipping/beating it.
kmw1954
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Send it to me, I'll put it to good use.
Been reloading since 1952. Have used just about every case lube out there. Only ever stuck one case and that was with One Shot but may have been my fault. You know how men are......we never read the directions, or at least that's what my wife says and she probably knows 'cause we were married just four years after I started reloading.
The stuck case resulted when I did not let the one shot dry before sizing.
The hardest case I ever resized was the 243 WSSM. You need a good case lube to resize that thick brass and I tried just about everything available. The Hornady was the only one that did not "squall" in the sizer......until I found this Home Made Lanolin Case Lube and have never looked back. One bottle of lanolin is enough to mix up a life time supply of the best lube you will find.
The stuck case resulted when I did not let the one shot dry before sizing.
The hardest case I ever resized was the 243 WSSM. You need a good case lube to resize that thick brass and I tried just about everything available. The Hornady was the only one that did not "squall" in the sizer......until I found this Home Made Lanolin Case Lube and have never looked back. One bottle of lanolin is enough to mix up a life time supply of the best lube you will find.
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2ndtimer
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So, just how long are you supposed to wait for One Shot to dry? I have never tried it, asking for a friend. (I keep my Hornady Unique in the temperature controlled room in the basement. Seems to last forever. See no reason to try One Shot.
It seems to work okay but I worry the little lumps will get up inside my dies. Not worth the worry.
Houston, so yes, warm.
ballman6711
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I usually try to give it about ten minutes or so. I spray it on then go do something else for a bit. I only use it on my straight wall pistol cases, for rifle I use the Hornady Unique like the OP has.
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JohnMc
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If it's put on the cases on with fingers, that shouldn't be a problem, I'd think.
If you're going to toss it anyway, I wonder if heating it until all the ingredients are liquid, mix well, and then quick chill it, would fix it. In order to make it in the first place, they either heat to blend or they blend the semi-solid ingredients with mixers until it's a homogenized mix. Heat in a microwave or in a double boiler set-up.
It doesn't take too long, never timed it, as ballman said, 10 minutes or less. Pretty sure One Shot is just a lanolin/alcohol formula like the home brew and the alcohol carrier evaporates in pretty short order when exposed to air. I believe another problem I had was not cleaning old lube from my die before switching to One Shot.
Unique was my long time favorite; only drawback is it is time consuming to rub each case to lube it and then removal is tedious as well. The spray is much quicker on both ends.
Sizing WSSM brass is a real eye opener. Even with Unique they resisted sizing, no squall but a sturdy press is recommended. One surprise to me was Imperial didn't cut it at all on the WSSMs. Squealed like a banshee.
N555
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Put it in the microwave to reheat and stir it up. I bet it will rehomogenize.
Is your garage air conditioned? Mine isn't and it can get up to 120 in July and August.
Houston, yes, quite hot.
JohnMc
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The liquid solvent is hexane, it's in the MSDS. (Hexane is in between butane and octane for evaporation rate).
The leftover slick stuff feels and smells different from lanolin to me.
I've used lanolin in alcohol on WSSM brass without problem, I would not use One Shot, FWIW.
I haven't used One Shot ever since I stuck the case (ETA: the stuck case was not a WSSM thankfully
), but, as you say the lanolin/alcohol does the job on everything I've used it on including the WSSM.
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JohnMc
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WSSMs rock.
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I use the home brew, red canister of dry Gass and liquid lanolin
It is a lit cheaper and works great.
It is a lit cheaper and works great.
