When do you use lube when reloading straight cases?

[Nick_C_S]

I spray lube all my pistol cases (with carbide dies). It makes the lever effort much easier and that would seem to be a good thing with my meager knowledge of machining.

However, I only bother do it because I know I'm going to tumble all the brass in ss pins after sizing/flairing to get them all nice n shiny (which is important to me). I figure, since the brass is going to get a bath that'll wash off the lube anyway, why not just take a quick moment to spray lube them?

So, I kind of "backed into" lubing my cases, but I do none-the-less.

 

[waldens]

Yep, a little teensy bit of lube even on straight wall is a good defense if you ever feel any arm or shoulder pain from reloading. Advice I’m going to start following myself.

 

[Steve in PA]

Never. Been reloading since about 1991 and I’ve never used lube on a single straight wall pistol case. I use carbide dies for those cases and found the need to lube them before sizing.

 

[TX Nimrod]

Ten-year-old zombie thread. But in the spirit of togetherness - I never lube carbide dies including .30 Carbine. Why bother to buy carbide dies if you’re going to use lube?

I always lube steel dies for handgun cartridges and the .45-70. Hornady OneShot or Imperial sizing die wax.



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