A Pause for the Coz
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Figured I would share my experiences with case lube. I think I finally got it down to two I like.
Lets start with two I do not like.
RCBS spray lube, If you like stuck cases and gummed up dies this is the one to get.
I found that when you spray them you must size now. If the wife calls you to kill a spider. When you get back you will get a stuck case. If you get it too thick you get the weep hole in the die plugged and you get smashed shoulders.
RCBS lube and the pad: I have never had a stuck case with this but lots and lots of smashed shoulders.
I have mine down to two I do like.
For small batches I use Hornady Unique. Touch your finger to the lube and your good for 5 cases at least.
Seems to wipe of pretty easy.
For large batches ( say a couple hundred 223's)
The best way I found is to use the LEE lube. Yep thats what I said.
I have never and I mean never gotten a stuck case or a smashed shoulder. Use it wet or leave and come back next day and finish sizing.
Some old timmer filled me in on the trick to using the LEE Lube.
Take a hundred or so cases. Dump them in a ice cream pail. Put a liberal dab of lube in you hands. Rub your hands together. Then mix the cases rolling them between your palms. Takes about 1 minute to lube a hundred cases.
Works like a dream.
As a extra step. i dont like old lube all over my cases.
So I wash them after sizing in hot water with dish soap.
The Lee lube rinses right off. Its water based ya know.
Then I stick them in a old sock. I hang them in the cloths dryer. Just inside the door and use the door to hold the sock, so that the brass does not touch the Tumbler. I let them dry for 20 minutes.
Then back into the brass tumbler for 30 minutes.
Gives you nice, clean, shinny, sized brass.
Only have one hand available, other is holding the camera. But you get the idea.
Lets start with two I do not like.
RCBS spray lube, If you like stuck cases and gummed up dies this is the one to get.
I found that when you spray them you must size now. If the wife calls you to kill a spider. When you get back you will get a stuck case. If you get it too thick you get the weep hole in the die plugged and you get smashed shoulders.
RCBS lube and the pad: I have never had a stuck case with this but lots and lots of smashed shoulders.
I have mine down to two I do like.
For small batches I use Hornady Unique. Touch your finger to the lube and your good for 5 cases at least.
Seems to wipe of pretty easy.
For large batches ( say a couple hundred 223's)
The best way I found is to use the LEE lube. Yep thats what I said.
I have never and I mean never gotten a stuck case or a smashed shoulder. Use it wet or leave and come back next day and finish sizing.
Some old timmer filled me in on the trick to using the LEE Lube.
Take a hundred or so cases. Dump them in a ice cream pail. Put a liberal dab of lube in you hands. Rub your hands together. Then mix the cases rolling them between your palms. Takes about 1 minute to lube a hundred cases.
Works like a dream.
As a extra step. i dont like old lube all over my cases.
So I wash them after sizing in hot water with dish soap.
The Lee lube rinses right off. Its water based ya know.
Then I stick them in a old sock. I hang them in the cloths dryer. Just inside the door and use the door to hold the sock, so that the brass does not touch the Tumbler. I let them dry for 20 minutes.
Then back into the brass tumbler for 30 minutes.
Gives you nice, clean, shinny, sized brass.
Only have one hand available, other is holding the camera. But you get the idea.