Wouldn't have thought that a case lube would have made that much differance

[nettlle]

Haven't reloaded rifle for decades and have never reloaded for semi-auto rifle until now. Been shooting and reloading 9mm and 45acp pistol. For pistol case lube, using carbide dies, One Shot has been working fine.

Recently I purchased a M1A and attempted to try a few experimental reloads. First thing I noticed that when using One Shot for lube it took a Herculean effort to FL size the brass and these resized cases were failing my Sheridan case gauge by 1/16"-3/32". Tried shooting a couple and they stuck in the chamber.

Got some Imperial Sizing Wax delivered this week and tried it today. FL sizing effort was about 75% less than using One Shot and all the cases fit the case gauge perfectly.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I used One Shot on rifle brass for a while, you have to really hose it down with it, and make sure it is dry. If it isn't dry it will be hard to resize.
I'd shake the hell out of the can, spray mine down and leave it sit for a good 10-15 minutes, and it usually worked ok for rifle brass.
I never stuck a case with it but later I went to Unique and had the same experience as you from then on. Big difference.
One shot on pistol brass for me is the bee's knees as far as I'm concerned though. Talk about make a progressive run smooth with pistol brass.

 

[JDeere]

I use one shot on all my rifle brass and have never had an issue even in my M14s and Garands. I make sure I get a complete coating outside as well as inside the necks by rotating my trays a 1/4 turn until complete. I'm pretty generous with the stuff as it does not hurt a thing. I set the brass aside and let it dry thoroughly before sizing.

 

[ballman6711]

I use One Shot for pistol brass, and sizing wax for rifle. Works well for me so far.

chris

 

[CopperClad]

Got a sample of Imperial Sizing Wax, when I sent a die in for repair. It does work really well. I put a bit on a q-tip and a quick wipe around the neck and shoulder. Much easier then to run thru the die. I'm done with aerosol lubes, and rolling cases across a inking pad to lube 'em.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Haven't reloaded rifle for decades and have never reloaded for semi-auto rifle until now. Been shooting and reloading 9mm and 45acp pistol. For pistol case lube, using carbide dies, One Shot has been working fine.

Recently I purchased a M1A and attempted to try a few experimental reloads. First thing I noticed that when using One Shot for lube it took a Herculean effort to FL size the brass and these resized cases were failing my Sheridan case gauge by 1/16"-3/32". Tried shooting a couple and they stuck in the chamber.

Got some Imperial Sizing Wax delivered this week and tried it today. FL sizing effort was about 75% less than using One Shot and all the cases fit the case gauge perfectly.

The lube pad style lubes work even better. I generally use imperial. But my AR sticks cartridges if I don't have the die cranked all the way down and use RCBS lube.

 

[EMC45]

Imperial is it for sure.

 

[edwardware]

. . . when using One Shot for lube it took a Herculean effort to FL size. . .

Not for nothing has OneStuck earned its reputation. You switched from a minimally competent lube to the Lube By Which All Others Are Judged.

For volume, spraying lanolin in isopropyl is nearly as good as Imperial.

 

[DMW1116]

Did I miss something? Should I be living pistol cases?

 

[johnjohn]

I like Imperial. That being said, every case I ever "stuck" was while using Imperial. I use it on handgun brass too, makes it a lot easier.

 

[Englishmn]

Did I miss something? Should I be living pistol cases?

Try it.
Makes a surprising difference on a progressive press using lube with carbide dies.

 

[.38 Special]

Did I miss something? Should I be living pistol cases?

I tried it and almost immediately gave it up. It does reduce press handle effort, especially on a progressive, but I don't find that to be very useful. Having to deal with lubing cases and then getting rid of lube on loaded rounds, though, is pretty annoying - especially on a progressive!

 

[BJung]

I've always used Hornady One-Shot while resizing using my RCBS Rock Chucker. However, I never let the lube dry. I just resize and have never had any issues. Must I let the cases dry besides following the instructions?

 

[ballman6711]

Must I let the cases dry besides following the instructions?

You don't have to, but I have experimented with using it wet, kind of dry, and dry, and I found that when it was wet it was like having no lube at all.

chris

 

[BJung]

Maybe I move slow and the lube dries a little because I don't have sticking problems. I'll try the dry method when I get a chance. I'm just impatient.

 

[drband]

You don't have to, but I have experimented with using it wet, kind of dry, and dry, and I found that when it was wet it was like having no lube at all.

chris

Same here.
If the solvent is still there the lube seems to slide right off.

 

[Hugger-4641]

Everyone has to find what works for them and thier equipment. I have used Imperial with no problems, but now I use One-shot almost exclusively because of the time it saves me. It just works well with my process, which might not be the best for someone else . I'm using my turret or single stage press, so I'm usually doing 50rds or less at a time. I lay a blue shop towel on my bench and line up 10 to 20 cases s with mouth facing me. Spray one pass at an angle that get a little bit inside the mouth while also getting most if not all of the case. Then I roll the case at far left from left to right, just a bit further than diameter of the base. This makes the all the cases rotate about 180 degrees with a quick motion. Then I make another spray pass, and do something else for about 5min or more while they dry. While they're drying I'm labeling the box I'm going to put them in or calibrating my powder scale.
This process works well for me, especially for rifle cases. For large batches of 100 or more pistol cases like 380 or 9mm, I have put them in a ziplock bag, sprayed a generous amount of lube, then shake and rotate the bag for a minute or two. Then I open the bag and set it aside for awhile to dry and also pour them out on the bench or into a tray to dry for a few min before loading.
This has worked well for me and the few stuck cases I've had were rifle cases that I forgot to spray when doing test batches.
These are some .308 that are dry and about to get loaded.

 

[Kaldor]

I use OneShot on pistol brass because it will not contaminate powder once dry and it makes the progressive run alot smoother.
I use 12-1 lanolin/iso homebrew for rifle brass, but it does need to be tumbled off before loading.

Ive stuck one rifle case, it was with OneShot. I only used it because I needed to size a couple of pieces for a quick check for something. Needless to say, it didnt make anything quick.

 

[jmorris]

Yeah, if there is one thing that people do not do until they try it once, it’s lube pistol cases.

Do you need to? Nope.

Does it make things so much smoother? Yep.

 

[Englishmn]

One-shot on a bag of pistol brass before feeding into the progressive made me think the press broke it was so easy.

 

[Thomasss]

Got some Imperial Sizing Wax delivered this week and tried it today. FL sizing effort was about 75% less than using One Shot and all the cases fit the case gauge perfectly.

Hornady makes a sizing wax called Unique and it works very good. I will never go back to One-shot. And how long does Unique last? Haven't gotten close to using up my first container. Now I load over 500 rifle cart. for myself and children per year, mostly '06 and .270; going on 8 years and it looks like I've maybe used 1/3. Good Product.

 

[Reloadron]

I used One Shot on rifle brass for a while, you have to really hose it down with it, and make sure it is dry. If it isn't dry it will be hard to resize.
I'd shake the hell out of the can, spray mine down and leave it sit for a good 10-15 minutes, and it usually worked ok for rifle brass.

That was the general consensus when One Shot first came out. Spray and wait a good 15 min or more. Years ago RCBS offered case lube in a aerosol can and it worked very well. I still have several cans and wish I had more. Many hand loaders like to roll their own using Lanolin (lube) and Isopropanol Alcohol (carrier). Plenty of recipes out there.

Ron

 

[Yamifrk]

That was the general consensus when One Shot first came out. Spray and wait a good 15 min or more. Years ago RCBS offered case lube in a aerosol can and it worked very well. I still have several cans and wish I had more. Many hand loaders like to roll their own using Lanolin (lube) and Isopropanol Alcohol (carrier). Plenty of recipes out there.

Ron

Dillon case Lube… works great!!!

 

[Varminterror]

I’ve been asking around for several years now to try to understand what guys could be doing wrong with Hornady One Shot which yields stuck cases. I lube and size all of my rifle brass with One Shot, for something around 13-14 years now, even including case forming. I rack a hundred or four hundred brass, spray the necks from two sides, dump the racks and tumble for about 30 seconds by shaking the tub - and then immediately start sizing. Hundreds of thousands of rifle rounds, without sticking a case. I wasted time for over a decade before that to clean Lube from cases while using different products like Imperial, Unique, homemade lanolin recipes, Lee, RCBS, and frankly, I just don’t see the productivity in it - it’s a time-sucking process step dictated by choosing the wrong lube products.

I often wonder if the guys which report trouble with One Shot are using the One Shot Gun Cleaner and Lube (black can, red lid) instead of the One Shot Case Lube (red can, black lid). Because otherwise, I really can’t figure out how guys creating failures with the product. Or MAYBE guys aren’t shaking the can to re-mix the lubricant. Spray paint doesn’t coat very well if you don’t rattle that ball around, I assume One Shot wouldn’t be any different - hence my skepticism that these reports are simply user error, rather than any issue with the product. It works too well for too many of us over too many years and too many millions of rounds for it to really not work.

 

[emb]

I've never used anything but One Shot for over 20 years. In that time I've stuck 2 cases. One, I forgot to lube (brain fart). Two, I didn't lube enough on the backside of my tray. I've also never knowingly waited for it to dry. But, I'm not real fast so maybe I get there by default. The sizing wax just seemed a PITA to me particularly loading rifle rounds with a progressive press. So, I don't understand how One Shot fails. Like above I spray a tray by rotating it 1/4 turn at a time and haven't had an issue.