Which case lube do you use?
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Pál_K
Guns. I has it.
For rifle calibers, I use the RCBS lube. For pistol calibers, all my dies are carbide, so no lube.
When I was loading .223 by the bucketful, I used Frankford spray lube. Cases in 9x12 pan, generously hose on the lube, shake and rattle a bit, let them sit 5 minutes, and load. Generally worked OK except of grossly oversize cases. Messy to handle. Made a mess in the tumbler requiring frequent changes of media. Now I'm using some of the 'little bit'll do ya' grease with much less mess and much less sizing effort. Another consideration: recently I'm loading in lots under 100 cases rather than 5 gallon buckets full.
cavediver27
Bearcat
I've tried them all, including home brews, and Hornady One Shot is by far my favorite.
Nothing but lanoline and alcohol. Find the right ratio and make your own. Just have to remember to keep it at room temperature or warmer or the lanoline will all get hard in the bottom of the spray bottle.
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I do---I use a cake pan and shake a bunch of 223 brass into it. I give it a good spritz---shake--spritz---shake, give it a few (4-10) minutes for the alcohol to evaporate and start cranking the handle. Depending on solo or tag teaming, I/we will load about 400 rounds per hour---little less if solo---little more if tag teaming. I have used Dillon and Hornady then my own mix---last so long I can't remember the ration---maybe 1:10.
Boxhead
Blackhawk
Hornady One Shot.
contender
Ruger Guru
Dillon pump spray lube. And I load on Dillon presses. Hornady is also good, but I've had the aerosol "die" so I stopped using it.
IKE
Single-Sixer
Another fan of Hornady One Shot.
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arky65
Bearcat
Being the frugal hand loader that I am, I use the cheap Walmart spray cooking oil.
You can use it like one shot, on a lube pad or if you have a lot of cases put the cases in an old cool whip tub spray a shot or two and shake.
You can use it like one shot, on a lube pad or if you have a lot of cases put the cases in an old cool whip tub spray a shot or two and shake.
Rich/KY
Bearcat
Have used Lyman and Hornady both aerosol and pump, all seemed to work okay. Last ten years or more have used a mix of one bottle of red HEET and two ounces of liquid lanolin in a spray bottle. Works just as well as the store bought and is quite a bit cheaper.
bigbillyboy
Buckeye
Rcbs for me.
Hornady one shot and spray them in 50 rd wood block.
I used a bottle of Dillon lube for years until the bottle got brittle and leaked. I never liked One Shot, kept getting random stuck cases. I made some home-brew a couple years ago and it has been great, every bit as good as the Dillon, and I have enough Lanolin left to last the rest of my life.
rugerjunkie
Buckeye
Imperial sizing wax or Hornady One Shot for me.
Enigma
Hunter
Imperial sizing wax, mostly.
