Found A New Lube

[BigBoreBubba]

This 3-In-One with Teflon is quickly becoming a go-to lube for me. I originally tried it on some 460 and 500 S&W to make them a little easier to run through the carbide sizers. I’ve since used it on several different calibers of rifle brass and have found it to work really well. I have just been putting some in a ziplock bag, enough to coat the bag fairly well, then tossing the brass in and shake it around for a bit. Seems to work really well. I just keep a rag on my lap and wipe the necks and shoulders on the rifle brass. When I’m done sizing, I just toss a handful in the rag and roll them in my hands. That tends to get it off pretty good. If you have some on hand, give it a shot.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

You are talking about straight walled cases.
I can understand how much easier it would be to pull the handle, as we know, teflon is some pretty slick s..t.

Are you tumbling after this to clean out the contaminants?

 

[BigBoreBubba]

You are talking about straight walled cases.
I can understand how much easier it would be to pull the handle, as we know, teflon is some pretty slick s..t.

Are you tumbling after this to clean out the contaminants?

I’ve been using it on rifle brass as well, just wiping the necks and shoulders before sizing. Then I just roll a handful at a time in a rag to get the lube off. No tumbling necessary.

 

[cfullgraf]

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This 3-In-One with Teflon is quickly becoming a go-to lube for me. I originally tried it on some 460 and 500 S&W to make them a little easier to run through the carbide sizers. I’ve since used it on several different calibers of rifle brass and have found it to work really well. I have just been putting some in a ziplock bag, enough to coat the bag fairly well, then tossing the brass in and shake it around for a bit. Seems to work really well. I just keep a rag on my lap and wipe the necks and shoulders on the rifle brass. When I’m done sizing, I just toss a handful in the rag and roll them in my hands. That tends to get it off pretty good. If you have some on hand, give it a shot.

Yes, it probably works fine for sizing, but I’d use a product more designed for resizing. Sizing lubricant has different requirements from lubricating lubricant although their perfrmances do over lap.

The 3 in 1 oil would do well for lubricating firearms.

 

[Riomouse911]

If it gets inside the case will it damage the powder? That’s what I’d be concerned with.

I prefer Lee or RCBS case lube, no issues so far.

Stay safe.

 

[runner3264]

I don't believe this is lube for sizing brass. I think it is more geared to lubing metal for protection. I would be concerned about contaminating the powder as mentioned.

 

[AJC1]

I would be most concerned with any thin viscosity oil in a primer pocket.

 

[Rule3]

WHY????????

About every gun lube has PTFE??

Just by a spray

https://www.amazon.com/teflon-spray/s?k=teflon+spray

 

[WeekendReloader]

WHY????????

About every gun lube has PTFE??

Just by a spray

https://www.amazon.com/teflon-spray/s?k=teflon+spray

Because it's an unknown entity.
If some of the spray gets into the case, will it affect the powder? The primer? Who knows?
Personally, I wouldn't want to have any loaded ammo stored for a year and have a squib when I use it due to an unknown lube. Not saying it will happen, but I'm sticking to lubes with a known track record in the industry.

I use the LEE resizing lube and don't clean it off the cases afterwards. This is working fine for me, so I plan on keeping on with it.

 

[Rule3]

Because it's an unknown entity.
If some of the spray gets into the case, will it affect the powder? The primer? Who knows?
Personally, I wouldn't want to have any loaded ammo stored for a year and have a squib when I use it due to an unknown lube. Not saying it will happen, but I'm sticking to lubes with a known track record in the industry.

I use the LEE resizing lube and don't clean it off the cases afterwards. This is working fine for me, so I plan on keeping on with it.[/QUOTE

Twz sarcasm!
There are many many case lubes out there. I too use LEE lube diluted.

 

[BigBoreBubba]

Because it's an unknown entity.
If some of the spray gets into the case, will it affect the powder? The primer? Who knows?
Personally, I wouldn't want to have any loaded ammo stored for a year and have a squib when I use it due to an unknown lube. Not saying it will happen, but I'm sticking to lubes with a known track record in the industry.

I use the LEE resizing lube and don't clean it off the cases afterwards. This is working fine for me, so I plan on keeping on with it.

Lee Lube is my normal case lube. I don’t think I’ve ever actually used anything else up until now. I always tumbled for at least half an hour after sizing to get the lube off. The only reason I even tried the PTFE 3-in-1 was because I wanted something thin that wiped off easily to help the big 460 and 500 cases through the carbide sizing dies. It worked so well that I tried it on rifle brass and really like it. The way I do it is to just have a very thin coat on the inside of a ziplock bag and tumble them around in it. This is before sizing so the primer pockets don’t get any in them and I haven’t noticed any getting in the necks so far. Like I said, it’s a VERY thin coat, and wipes off easily with a clean cloth. The ingredients in it are not much different than some actual case lubes out there. It definitely doesn’t get in the cases like the aerosol lubes would.

 

[merlynski]

I thought one of the purposes of the aerosol lube was to get a little bit inside the neck, to ease the passage of the neck sizing mandrel?

 

[AJC1]

I thought one of the purposes of the aerosol lube was to get a little bit inside the neck, to ease the passage of the neck sizing mandrel?

That is one of the ideas, but the one shot product claims no powder contamination.

 

[Ferris]

Not to be nanny toxic FUDD, but PTFE isn't that great for the lungs.

 

[merlynski]

That is one of the ideas, but the one shot product claims no powder contamination.

It is my understanding once the propellant dries there is no liquid lubricant, only dry lubricant, so it cannot 'flow' into a primer or contaminate the powder. I bought some to try, because of that claim. When I load ammo I never know if it will be in storage for a day or a decade, or longer. I keep it in ammo cans, but a liquid on the case may have years to migrate where it is not wanted. Dry or wax lubes only for me, no liquid petroleum products.

EDIT: and then a short trip through the vibratory tumbler after sizing ops to remove any remaining lube, before priming.