Old Stumpy
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While I favor carbide dies like most people for straight wall cases, we still use resizing lube for everything else, and in plain dies for straight wall cases that we may have.
I have always used RCBS or any good brand name figuring that those gel lubes were an exceptional anti-seize lube needed for the job.
I was at my secondary reloading station though, and didn't have any, so I thought that I would experiment.
I squirted a little 80W-90 gear oil that was handy on to a folded paper towel and tried that, and it worked great, even if it was a little smelly.
Mind you, I was only sizing .45 Colt, but I did try to partially resize an unlubed case just as a control comparison before proceeding, and that was quite difficult and I stopped before it got stuck.
So there must be any number of alternate lubes that work just fine.
What do you use?
I have always used RCBS or any good brand name figuring that those gel lubes were an exceptional anti-seize lube needed for the job.
I was at my secondary reloading station though, and didn't have any, so I thought that I would experiment.
I squirted a little 80W-90 gear oil that was handy on to a folded paper towel and tried that, and it worked great, even if it was a little smelly.
Mind you, I was only sizing .45 Colt, but I did try to partially resize an unlubed case just as a control comparison before proceeding, and that was quite difficult and I stopped before it got stuck.
So there must be any number of alternate lubes that work just fine.
What do you use?