Holy crap, what am I doing wrong or what is not working properly?

[rcmodel]

First thing is, lose the tray or loading block.
Those are for charging cases, not lubing them.

You aren't getting any lube on the bases of the shells where they set down inside the holes in the loading tray. And that is the thickest hardest part of the case to resize.

I dump mine loose in an old mixing bowl, then spray, hand stir, and spray again.
After that I let them set for the solvent to dry.

Then wipe around the whole case with my fingers as I pick each one up.

rc

 

[Gasitman]

I did just that, with some hornady one shot and it took care of the issues. Not sure what was going on with the cabelas and lyman spray, but the dies and brass did not like it at all.

 

[jpwilly]

+++ RCBS liquid/pad

 

[FM12]

I use Imperial also,never had a problem with it no been disappointed.

 

[WV_Vizsla]

Hornady Spray one shot

Clean, dry and spray your dies with one shot. Let them dry vertically. I over lube the first 5 cases. And then spray the rest to cover. Spray into the necks. You will be tumbling the cases after resizing to remove any wax.

I have given a few friends 1/2 or 1/3 of a can. NONE have complained and returned the One-Shot can.

Leaving now to spray a bunch of 9mm cases to feed into the case feeder on the LNL. Slick-ens the dies and really reduces loading effort. Adding 1 to ~25-35 or whenever it's remembered.

 

[WV_Vizsla]

On sale

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On sale this month, worth $10 to me.

 

[Matt Dillon]

_1 Imperial sizing wax. A little dab will do ya!

 

[Red Cent]

'bout every 10th round or so I scrape the mouth of the cartridge over my oily finger. That inside die gets dry. No, it won't mess with the powder. At least not in the last fifty years or so.

 

[Legionnaire]

+1 on Mink Oil.

 

[scythefwd]

+1 to post 23. I was having the same issues with my .30-30 die /brass until I let the lube dry.

 

[jamesicus]

.......... A little dab will do ya!

I was thinking of trying my Brylcreem

James

 

[James2]

It would seem that people have used lots of things for case lube. Here is another. Do you have a grease gun for greasing machine parts? High speed bearing grease makes a good lube. I just get a little on my fingers and rub it on the caseing. It doesn't take much. After sizing I wipe the casings off with a cotton rag. I use the wiping off operation to make a good inspection of the casing too. You have to do that sometime.