carbide die questions?

[Kevin Rohrer]

I dont use lube with any of my carbide dies, except .30 Carbine. Those cases are apparently too long not to need it. I even ran a poll on Castboolits asking whether .30 Carbine shooters used lube or not. The results were surprising.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?176945-Poll-Lubing-or-Not-Lubing-M1-Carbine-Brass

 

[SquirrelNuts]

I swipe every second or third case with a little lube while using carbide dies.

 

[FROGO207]

I always lube my 30 Carbine and 500 S&W brass----don't bother with any other straight wall brass. This has worked well for years for me. Try it both ways for a fer batches and figure out your own preferred method.

 

[Buck13]

For carbide dies, I've been lubing very lightly with lanolin: scoop out about 1/4 or the cases, rub my hand over a stamp pad containing 5% lanolin in isopropanol (not necessarily re-applied right before use, so most of the alcohol may be gone; my fingers get a little greasy), roll cases between my hands a few at a time, put back with unlubed cases, reswipe, roll more, etc. This puts a barely detectable level of lube on some of the cases. Sizing is easy.

I've not been cleaning the cases after sizing. Anyone think that's likely to be a problem?