I like to think I'm never too old to learn a new trick or two - - -
I was so happy to get my first carbide dies,
'WAY back in the 1960s - - Because I could do away with the messy and sticky old rubber pad and lube from a bottle. Still had to use it for rifle cases and such.
Then I learned how much easier things became, by tumbling and otherwise cleaning up dirty cases.
Later on, the spray-on case lube made things easier still, for non-carbide dies. Hey, anything to reduce the labor, right?
I just happened onto this old, resurrected thread, and noticed the plastic-bag-and-One-Shot thing,
in conjunction with carbide dies. Last week, I was preparing for a SMG match and noticed I was short on hardball .45 ammo. Plenty of components on hand, so I ran off a couple of hundred rounds on my D550B.
During a break, I recalled the One Shot in a bag trick and gave it a try. I store my cleaned cases in gallon size zip top freezer bags anyway. It took less than a minute to do the spray thing. AMAZING! Hard to believe how much smoother the process became.
My sincere thanks to those who made the suggestion. So simple, so easy. A new trick for an old dawg!
Johnny