Case lube
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That's interesting. From Wikipedia:
"In industry, hexanes are used in the formulation of glues for shoes, leather products, and roofing. They are also used to extract cooking oils (such as canola oil or soy oil) from seeds, for cleansing and degreasing a variety of items, and in textile manufacturing"
By extracting oils and cleansing and degreasing items, how can it act as a lube?
"In industry, hexanes are used in the formulation of glues for shoes, leather products, and roofing. They are also used to extract cooking oils (such as canola oil or soy oil) from seeds, for cleansing and degreasing a variety of items, and in textile manufacturing"
By extracting oils and cleansing and degreasing items, how can it act as a lube?
Sorry got tied up with the holidays. The alcohol is isopropyl. Use 10 parts alcohol to 1 part lanolin. This is not my formula. All credit goes to 6.5 Guys. Here is the link. They are well worth watching for many tips on long range precision. And yes I do love it. I was familiar with 99% Isopropyl alcohol from my past life of working on Electron Beam Processors. Vessel had to be cleaned with 99% because water is incompressible for the units pumps. Used a titanium sublimination pump for quick conditioning and an ion pump while running.
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Because Nathan forgot to mention the name of Hornady's case lube that comes in a tub, I'll help him out. It's called Unique and is by far one of the best case lubes on the market, plus it's cheap and a little goes a long way!
I know that most guys posting here know of it but there's always that one person or a newb that comes in and doesn't know what we're referring to.
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I know that most guys posting here know of it but there's always that one person or a newb that comes in and doesn't know what we're referring to.
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Whistlebritches
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Actually it's quite simple.........I just use my index finger to occasionally swipe a small amount of bacon grease.I then just roll it around in my palm.As I pick a case up with my left hand I roll the case in my right for a few seconds then place the lubed case in the shell holder.One deprimed and resized I pick the case off and wipe it with a rag in my left hand then place it in my ammo tray...........but yea my ammo will make you hungry.
Bag Balm is lanolin and petroleum jelly according to the MSDS.
If I was paying for a class I'd consider myself as paying for the instructor's experience as well. Otherwise, anyone that could memorize a lesson plan could teach - and that's simply not optimal.It's too bad an instructor can't leave his personal opinions out of his teachings. The students are getting a skewed class and what else does the instructor insert as "fact" when it's merely opinion?
Just FYI: If you Google "OneShot stuck case" you get about 349,000 results. Granted not all are negative stories, but the majority certainly are.
Don Fischer
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I could not agree less with this. I've been using One Shot over 30 yrs now and have never stuck a case. My though on case lube is that any comercial case lube will work the way the manufacturer say's to use it. I have tried Hornady wax and have a hard time telling if a case has enough lube or not; I suspect I'd find the same thing with Imperial lube. I've used RCBS lube on their pad years ago. Always had a hard time figuring if there was enough lube on the pad! And if your not careful you get to much! I still have a bottle of Dillon and probably won't use it. Problem with it for me is it leaves a sticky feeling on the case's. Bet it works well though. One Shot spray,s on and if your not sure, shoot spray it again. Don't know how you couldn't be sure, you can see the spray going on. And sprayed from an angle over the case's it lubes inside the neck; oh, bet Dillon will do that too. The only think that really matter's with commercial case lube is that your comfortable using it, they ll work! I normally have a can of One Shot case cleaner around too. I lube the case's then spray cleaner inside the die and wipe it out with a q-tip. Put it in the press and the case;s are ready.
Lot of people like to make their own, alcohol and lanolin! They say you can get it in a drug store I think it was and it's a lot cheaper than commercial lube. Gotta be kidding me! I can't imagine how inexpensive lubing is with one shot! How do you save money on lube? Some of these people are the same ones that say your scope should cost more than your rifle and about equipment, buy once and spend the money on the tools one time. Of lube's, how many case's do ypu think you could lube with a penny's worth? To expensive!
Don Fischer
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I'd say all the stuck case's come from people that don't use it right! 30+ yrs and never the first stuck case! Oh well, it'll give them a good reason to blend their own which will out preform every commercial lube! What stick's case's is improperly lubed case's and now and then, dirty dies!
One shot, spray on Sunday and size on Friday, it will work several days after you applied it. If you don't let it dry at least 5 minutes you will have problems. I think they changed the formula in the last 15 years or so as drying time used to be 1 minute, newer cans you better wait 5 minutes. To prevent waste and overspray put brass in a large ziplock bag and spray it, work the brass around in the bag and spray again. Then dump the brass and let it dry. l have used the same bag for a year or more, once the inside of the bag is coated it seems like it takes less lube.
I used Oneshot for the first couple years of reloading. Almost stuck several cases but on the whole, it's pretty good. I then went to Unique and love that stuff so much that I bought several tubs of it to have on hand. After a while, lubing each case individually was really just taking to much time as I started sizing large lots of brass ( 500+ ) at a time. So I went back to one shot for a short period but heard the Lanolin mixture was the same as the Dillon spray lube. I had read on many occasions guys saying the Dillon stuff was the best, so I went ahead and bought the stuff for the lanolin mixture. For me, and for sizing in large batches, the lanolin mixture is by far the best lube I've used. 1) it migrates well, meaning a couple sprays and shake of the tub a few times and it gets on all the cases perfectly. No having to stand them all up or making sure I spray both sides like I did with Oneshot . 2) Is cost. The amount of cases I can size with one 8oz bottle of lanolin and 1gal of alcohol is staggering. I did that math awhile ago but well over a hundred thousand maybe two hundred thousand for like $35 in materials.
Oneshot works, but the cost it would take to size that many cases with Oneshot is at minimum quadruple and I think I'm being nice with that guess. So the Lanolin mixture works a bit better and costs much less. Win-win. The only real downside of the lanolin I've found so far is that I have to remove it from the cases before I load them do to the way I apply it. By just pouring the cases in a plastic tub and spraying the cases, the lube gets everywhere on the cases, including inside them. I'm not 100% on this but would assume you don't want that contaminating the powder inside the case and having the powder sticking to the walls of the neck before seating the bullet. So I wet tumble after I size my cases to remove the lanolin lube. I used to just wipe off the Oneshot with a rag and that seemed to work just fine.
Oneshot works, but the cost it would take to size that many cases with Oneshot is at minimum quadruple and I think I'm being nice with that guess. So the Lanolin mixture works a bit better and costs much less. Win-win. The only real downside of the lanolin I've found so far is that I have to remove it from the cases before I load them do to the way I apply it. By just pouring the cases in a plastic tub and spraying the cases, the lube gets everywhere on the cases, including inside them. I'm not 100% on this but would assume you don't want that contaminating the powder inside the case and having the powder sticking to the walls of the neck before seating the bullet. So I wet tumble after I size my cases to remove the lanolin lube. I used to just wipe off the Oneshot with a rag and that seemed to work just fine.
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