Remove lube by waterboarding

[tightgroup tiger]

One Shot is all I use for case lube, all handgun rounds, 243, 308, 8mm, 30-06, 30-30, 32 special, 30-40 krag and so on.

I think it works well, I shake the heck out of the can and let the solvent evaporate out before I use it. The first time I used it I ripped off about 3) 30-06 case rims before I read the directions.

After I read them and tried it again I didn't wait long enough and had trouble again. I put it on heavy for rifle shells and wait about 10 minutes before trying to size them.
The hornady vidio I watched just shows someone misting some over the cases. That doesn't work to well on bottle neck cases. I soak em down.

 

[dragon813gt]

It seems there are two camps for One Shot. Those that use it and stand by it. And those that have stuck a case and will never use it again. I had unacceptable results with it. The cost is also prohibitive. I've barely put a dent, literally, in a can of mink oil after close to 10k cases.


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[GLOOB]

The hornady vidio I watched just shows someone misting some over the cases. That doesn't work to well on bottle neck cases. I soak em down.

Same seems to hold for Frankford Arsenal spray lube. But then I learned the baggie method. Only takes about 1 pump per 100 cases, plus one extra to prime the bag. Also dries a lot faster than when I followed the directions; standing up all the cases in a loading block and liberally spraying 50 measly cases with 4-5 pumps from different directions.

I've barely put a dent, literally, in a can of mink oil after close to 10k cases.

Lube is cheap, lol. People use spray lube for the convenience, not the cost. I've resized close to 3k rifle cases and have used only a sixth of the bottle of FA. That's what? 4 cents per 100 cases?

Thread was about the convenience of removing case lube from a whole bin of cases at a time in seconds. With no waiting or extra time: for the brass to tumble/sort/separate/dry or to clear clogged primer holes. Even if you just "turn the tumbler on," you
1. have to go outside to the tumbler
2. dump in the media and brass and start it
3. go outside again when they're gone
4. separate the cases from the media
5. clear the primer holes somehow, at some point, unless you are one of the lucky few that has the perfect size of corn cob I've heard of which never clogs primer holes (or maybe that's just an urban myth).

The time it takes to separate the media is about what it takes me to "waterboard" the cases. But I don't have an industrial size spin-a-tub media separator, either.

If you like to save money by wiping lube on each case, one at a time, or
"simply" wiping off the lube with a wet rag, one at a time, then by all means, knock yourself out.

People discover a better way. They share it. And there's dozens of people that come up with the weirdest responses of "well, I always just do it completely backwards... works for me!"

Not everyone wants to spend 5 hours to loads 20-50 individually weighed hunting rounds a month!

 

[cfullgraf]

Thread was about the convenience of removing case lube from a whole bin of cases at a time in seconds.

It is good to hear about new ideas and it is obvious that this water boarding idea works for you. Thanks for presenting it.

Realize, that it may not work for everyone for any number of reasons including the "not invented here syndrome."

Sometimes "better' is in the eye of the beholder.