Case Lube
 

What brand of Case lube do most Reloaders use? I still use the RCBS goop and roll it on the cases but is there a better way?

RE: Case Lube
 

Dillon or Midway's alcohol/lanolin lube is great. Spray it on, wait for the alcohol to evaporate, and size away. Easier to clean of than the RCBS goop. Lee's wax is good, too. You can also use wire pulling lube as a case lube. Water based lubes are much easier to clean off than the others.

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I started using Hornadies one shot one minute stuff and threw away my RCBS Pad. I have yet to have one stick in my sizer.

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I use Midway spray on also,works great and I reload quite a bit and never had any problems! Plus one bottle last a long time...;)

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I think Hornady makes about the best and easiest except that the nozzle clogs, wasting half the can. I have been using Dillon's case lube with satisfaction also.

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I use Imperial Sizing Die Wax. It's the only case lube I have ever used. A can seems to last forever.

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I also use Imperial Sizeing Die Wax it works great. Good luck.

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I always used the RCBS goop and the pad until about a year ago then i started using the Hornady spray. I've had a couple cases to stick but i'm sure it's my spraying technique and not the spray. I've since went back to the Rcbs lube and pad but i'd really like to try something else. The wax looks like a good ideal so i may give that a try.

Handloader & Moturkey..........How do you apply it? Thanks!

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I use RCBS, LEE. and the Hornady unique case lubes, its like a wax lube I guess. I like the LEE best as it cleans up the easiest. One thing to remember with the RCBS is a few drops will go a LOOONNNG ways

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I would love to understand why the imperial is so good. I have a can, but its time consuming to lube compared to all the rest. I have been using it for the mouths, but thats the only advantage I see. Maybe someone could help me understand.

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I''ve never had that problem, at least with the Hornady One Shot. My cans get all the way m/t, to darn fast!



The Imperial is of course better for the mouths than the RCBS goup, no chance of any excess tiny drop running down into the case. But where Imperial really shines is the heavy duty jobs. The Imperial's superior lubrosity really shows when you are either necking up or down and/or case forming, for wildcats.

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I just take my index finger and lightly wipe it across the wax in the can and then evenly spread it onto the case. You can tell when you have enough on the case by feel as the case will become slick to the touch. A little bit goes a long way and don't get any on the case shoulder as a dented shoulder may result. It is a slow and tedious way to lube I will admit, but I don't reload in large quantity, maybe 100 rounds at a time at the most but usually much less than that. I feel the Imperial wax is just a clean and efficient way of lubing cases, especially if you are loading in smaller quantities for extreme accuracy.

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Astroglide.




Just kidding. I use RCBS case lube and pad- haven't stuck a case yet.

RE: Case Lube
 

I've been through a number of them over the years. For most jobs anything is better than goop and pad. I especially liked the One-Shot and the Dillon pump bottle. BUT once I tried Imperial I haven't used anything else unless I've got a problem. For what it's worth the Dillon type lube can alos build up enough to dent shoulders.

Along the way I concluded that Mica for lubing the neck is worthless. I use either Imperial or RCBS on a brush and it works fine.

Finally, I still use my RCBS goop and pad on special occasions. There is nothing better for really tough/ugly cases like MilSurp or cases from some autoloaders.

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Case lube? What's that?

Seriously, I don't use lube much because most all of my sizing is done with the Lee collet neck die which doesn't require lubing your cases. That's just one reason I like these dies so much. When the cases grow too big to chamber I'm done with them anyway. When I do need to lube cases, like for my 7.65 Arg. Mauser which I don't have a collet neck die for, I use Imperial Wax. It's great stuff.

RE: Case Lube
 

Hornady One Shot - I've found it to be the best in over 40 years of reloading. Shake, spray, wait a min or two and start resizing. (You have to clean out your sizing die to get all that old RCBS gunk out of it and then spray the inside with the One Shot)

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I've been useing Imperial for ??? 20 ??? years, it's the best for me! Years ago i even used it for forming the cases that i designed. I sold formed cases, and also loaded ammo mail order and in my gunshop.

Heavy case forming takes a good lube, or you'll have too many lost cases, or improper formed cases, both which cut deeply into your profits.

Imperial, absolutely is still the best case lube i've used to date.

Drilling Man

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I started out with the RCBS and lube pad. Never saw a reason to change. Still use it. I have tried quite a few others but keep comming back to the pad. A gunsmith friend of mine will only use STP. Messy.[:@]

RE: Case Lube
 

WD-40. I spray a little on my case lube pad and roll the cases over it. I also spray the head of a Q-tip with WD-40 and swab the inside of the case neck very lightly. I've been doing it this way for about 7 or 8 years with great results.

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My reloading is done in a room in the house. My wife would run me off because of the stink of that WD-40. Too bad, sounds inexpensive.

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I reload in the basement of our hunting camp. I wish I had my stuff at home - I'd have more time to reload.