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If you don't prefer to deal with messy lubes that leave a messy residue all over the cases, and kills your tumbling media quickly, sticking to spray on lube is your best option. Once I discovered Dillon I haven looked back.
After many years of trying different one's including "One Shot", Imperial, Lee dry lube, RCBS old school lube and pad process, I settled on Dillon spray on in the pump spray bottle. It's not expensive ($8 ) and it goes a very long way if you apply it as I do. I use a Q tip to apply it, that way I can make sure none is getting wasted during application, and I can make sure that the case gets evenly lubed. In more than 20 yrs. of reloading I have never stuck a case, even with "One Shot" which is known well for sticking cases.
The other thing about those spray on lubes, make sure they are applied evenly, and just as important, is make sure the brass is completely dry before sizing. Also, be sure your brass and dies aren't dirty, as in gritty. I had no sooner finished lubing 20 cases while teaching a friend how to reload when he decided to grab one that wasn't completely dry to size, and guess what happened, he stuck his first case.
Something else in this respect that I see often at THR, is many who use those spray on lubes will put them in a baggie and roll them around in it. I think this introduces a couple of problems as follows:
The lube may in fact not be completely distributed on the brass, thus creating coverage gaps.
And I also think that it can over apply the lube, which I also think could cause it to not completely dry within the few impatient minutes they allow for such. So in my opinion, if you use it properly, you'll never experience a problem at all, ever.
GS
After many years of trying different one's including "One Shot", Imperial, Lee dry lube, RCBS old school lube and pad process, I settled on Dillon spray on in the pump spray bottle. It's not expensive ($8 ) and it goes a very long way if you apply it as I do. I use a Q tip to apply it, that way I can make sure none is getting wasted during application, and I can make sure that the case gets evenly lubed. In more than 20 yrs. of reloading I have never stuck a case, even with "One Shot" which is known well for sticking cases.
The other thing about those spray on lubes, make sure they are applied evenly, and just as important, is make sure the brass is completely dry before sizing. Also, be sure your brass and dies aren't dirty, as in gritty. I had no sooner finished lubing 20 cases while teaching a friend how to reload when he decided to grab one that wasn't completely dry to size, and guess what happened, he stuck his first case.
Something else in this respect that I see often at THR, is many who use those spray on lubes will put them in a baggie and roll them around in it. I think this introduces a couple of problems as follows:
The lube may in fact not be completely distributed on the brass, thus creating coverage gaps.
And I also think that it can over apply the lube, which I also think could cause it to not completely dry within the few impatient minutes they allow for such. So in my opinion, if you use it properly, you'll never experience a problem at all, ever.
GS
