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Case lube
- Thread starter Whistlebritches
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Yep, both work well, Dillon day in and day out..with Imperial for forming 222 Magnum out of 204 Ruger; and .358 Winchester from .308. My tub of Imperial has lasted literally years...and a bottle of Dillon goes over a year. Sheesh...you guys are cheap! RodImperial and Dillon;
Whistlebritches
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I'll have to give mine a look see.Most of my dies,all RCBS,have been is use with leftover bacon grease for 25-30 years.I've never cleaned them.......didn't know it was a requirement.IIRC, bacon grease contains quite a lot of salts .... not good for steel. Dies are made of steel .... it would seem to me that choosing bacon grease for a case lube would require very diligent scrubbing, drying and lubing of dies after each use ....
Hornady's literature calls it a "dry film lubricant" so I'm guessing it is not intended to be a penetrant.Is hornady one shot a penetrant ?
I'm thinking at first maybe but it dries right ? So at some point it stops moving through threads or other mating/mated surfaces ?????
This brings up a question I've had for a while. Some of the lubes posted seem to be pretty much petroleum based and I *thought* that these would contaminate powder. Am I wrong? Folks who use progressive or turret presses don't really have the opportunity to tumble the cases after sizing. I mean I guess they could, but that breaks up the intended use of the press.I use STP oil treatment as case lube.It appears to be the same stuff as RCBS case lube.I've been using it for years.For major case forming I use Imperial case lube.
I got to use the Hornaday one shot on my 550 loading 9mm. It was soooo much easier. I started by using too much and went to less and less. Turns out, one very light spray over a box of shells about 2 layers deep does it. I wish that I tried this a long time ago.
Yeah, works fine for pistol cases with carbide dies, that's what I use it for. Just don't expect the same results with bottleneck rifle cases.
Don
Yet, here we are, beating this dead horse once again.LBussy said:First, if you search this site you will see there are approximately 122K results containing "OneShot" and "stuck case".
Yet, here we are, beating this dead horse once again.
I know right , it's like some don't understand statistics . Do that same search but instead of Oneshot put Dillon case lube , or imperial or etc and you will not find the same amount of people saying they've had stuck cases using those products or any other popular case lubes combined . It seems people don't look at the whole of the debate but rather only how it effects them . It reminds me of the frog lube debate .
Marco Califo
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For rifles, 223 and 7.62, especially if MG fired, I use Justice Brothers White Lithium Grease. It works way better than anything else I have tried. Only a little is needed, and I only lube every other cartridge (every 3rd for 223), as a film stays inside the die. I found this out by trying to size MG fire 7.62, and being shocked at the force needed. I tried a few things including Lymans, motor oil, and then WLG. It work like a hot knife through butter.
You need to remove any lube you use after sizing and before loading. Any cleaning or tumbling will work.
For pistols, 9mm and 40SW, I don't use any lube. Carbide dies or not.
You need to remove any lube you use after sizing and before loading. Any cleaning or tumbling will work.
For pistols, 9mm and 40SW, I don't use any lube. Carbide dies or not.