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Case lube tip
- Thread starter jonnefudge
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My old friend that died this last summer asked me not to bring my no name lube when helping size and or form cases because he insisted nothing worked like Dillon in a can or tube or Imperial. You guys could never guess how much trouble I had making that stuff look good.
Yes,me precious....those guys will never know...I'll keep you to myself ,me precious....
The older man thought he would loose part of his identity if a lube with no name worked better than his 'BiG BRAND STUFF'. Nothing can be more modest and or humbling than a product called 'no name'.
He could not understand the concept of 'the cases resistance to sizing' some cases have more resistance to sizing than the press and die can overcome. And then there was all of the time he had invested in promoting 'the best lube'; and me? all I wanted to do was size and or form the cases.
To cut down on all of the arguing I had to first determine if 'it could be done' that soulds like a Jimmy Dean thing.
F. Guffey
I've used 1.5oz of lanolin and 10oz of 91% isopropanol and have sized at least 3k 223 , 308 and 30-30 cases with that amount . I mean I've sized so many I can't really keep count , it may be 5k cases . With the 3 bottles of lanolin and about a gallon of isopropanol , I may very well have enough lube to last the rest of my life for like $50 . Anyone else think they'll spend $50 or less on case lube over the next 30yrs ?
It's cheaper then anything commercially available specifically designed for sizing cases . I get it though you'll save what $100 over 30yrs . Don't think anyone is really going to feel the hit in there wallet if they just go with commercial products over that time . The one benefit of the home brew IMO is $17 will have enough product sent to your house to last 10 years and that's sizing many thousands every year . So if you're loading that much at least you won't need to be going to the local gun store once a month to buy more lube or constantly ordering it online .
At some point I'm sure I'll be graduating to a full progressive press . Not sure what I'll use then . I know this same home brew will work but it leaves a very tacky residue I clean off buy dry tumbling after sizing and before I load the case . No way I want to deal with a fully loaded cartridge that is super tacky begging to have things stick to it .
For those of you that use this mixture with rifle cartridges on a progressive press . How do you keep it out of the insides of the necks/cases and what do you do about the sticky finished loaded cartridge ?
It's cheaper then anything commercially available specifically designed for sizing cases . I get it though you'll save what $100 over 30yrs . Don't think anyone is really going to feel the hit in there wallet if they just go with commercial products over that time . The one benefit of the home brew IMO is $17 will have enough product sent to your house to last 10 years and that's sizing many thousands every year . So if you're loading that much at least you won't need to be going to the local gun store once a month to buy more lube or constantly ordering it online .
At some point I'm sure I'll be graduating to a full progressive press . Not sure what I'll use then . I know this same home brew will work but it leaves a very tacky residue I clean off buy dry tumbling after sizing and before I load the case . No way I want to deal with a fully loaded cartridge that is super tacky begging to have things stick to it .
For those of you that use this mixture with rifle cartridges on a progressive press . How do you keep it out of the insides of the necks/cases and what do you do about the sticky finished loaded cartridge ?
locknloader
New member
I’m using this on a lock and load, didn’t clean them after lube application and sizing and they don’t seem sticky to me at all. I used the lube very sparingly though so maybe that’s why I’m not having an issue with it.