Lube straight wall cases in carbide dies?

[wrangler5]

OK, I've got a can of One Shot on order. Should be here in a couple of days.

 

[BLUEDOT37]

+1 on the Hornady One Shot.

I use it on my 9mm, 44Mag, 45 Colt, 460Mag & 500Mag brass. The 9mm is tapered, the 45 Colt's are fired in generously sized chambers, & the 460/500 are just LONG cases. It makes it so much easiler on them. I lie them flat in my old/retired plastic oil change pan to spray them, then I mix them up & give them one more shot of lube. Then I media tumble after sizing.

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[msauter]

I had similar issues when I started loading 32, also with Lee dies and new Starline brass. It was particularly noticeable with cases sticking in the expander die. I did a light chamfer/de-burr of the case mouths using Lee's cheap little hand chamfer tool, and this solved the problem for me.

 

[stu1ritter]

I am working my way through 2,000 pieces of new Starline .32 S&W Long with RCBS dies (no lube) and haven't had a scratch yet. Same with 32 H&R new brass.

Stu

 

[SMSgt]

I've never lubed handgun cases and never had a problem with scratched cases. I suspect those Lee dies were the problem.

As for reducing the resizing effort, I find lubing cases and cleaning them afterwards far more work than a little more tug on the press handle. Some 12-ounce curls would help build up those press muscles.

 

[Bkreutz]

I use Dillon case lube instead of One Shot (which I used to use) mainly because One Shot is an aerosol while the Dillon is a pump spritzer. I find I can control the amount easier with the Dillon. They both work fine as a lube. At the peak of the shooting season, I load about 1000 rounds a week, I only load 9mm Luger and wouldn't even think about loading without lube, it's just so much easier. Even Dillon (in their instruction manual) says that while it's possible to load without lubing the cases, they recommend lubing. I don't use a lot of lube, about 3 squirts on 2500 cases and then roll them around in a towel hammock.

 

[Bob T]

I've never had the scratching issue (even without lubing). I lube the first one and when the force needed to run the case through the sizer gets back to the un-lubed amount I lube another with an RCBS pad. Works out to be about every 5th case or so.

 

[FlyFish]

A number of years ago, I began reloading .32 S&W Long for a new Walther GSP-C, starting with 500 pieces of new Lapua brass and a new Redding sizing die. I like to resize even new cases before I load them, and started noticing scratches on the cases after I'd run a few dozen through the die.

It turned out that what I was getting was galling of the brass in a few spots on the inside of the carbide ring, and that was giving me the scratches. After some discussion with a Redding tech, he explained that brand new brass is much cleaner than any that's been fired and tumbled (not sure if that's also the case for the newer stainless-steel pin method) and that's what can result in the galling. He recommended I clean the galled brass out of the die and use light lube for the first sizing of the remaining brass, both of which I did, and had no further issues. He also said that subsequent sizing of the same brass sans lube following firing and tumbling shouldn't result in the same problem, and that turned out to be the case as well.

 

[S&W HE]

For my carbide sizing dies I lube a case every 200-300 rounds or so.

 

[H Richard]

For my 32 Long and 32 H&R Mag I use a wipe of Imperial sizing lube with the Hornady Titanium Nitride dies on every 3rd or 4th case. It seems to work well. I do not do this on any of my Carbide dies.

 

[SLT223]

I only libe them if my right shoulder is bothering me. Otherwise i wind it quite managable and doesnt hurt anything. That being said Im speaking of .357 and .44 RM.

 

[stu1ritter]

S&W HE, I like that idea of one every 2-300. I think I can learn to do that.
Thanks,
Stu

 

[Clovishound]

I lube my .357 cases. Don't have to, but a few don't like coming out of the expander die without a little umph. A touch of either Lee resizing lube or RCBS lube2 makes them very easy to both size and slide right out of the expander die. Both of them are water soluble, so there is no need to clean them before loading powder or primers. I normally just put a little on my finger and run my fingers through the container of cases. It easily puts a thin layer of lube on the cases.

 

[BigBill]

I rough polish my cases then run then through the carbide sizer dry. No problems.

 

[jculloden]

I normally don't lube, But when I do, It's Imperial sizing wax !!!

 

[johngalt]

Brand new brass is much stickier than old brass that has been through the tumbler. The dust from the tumbler makes a decent lube. My Lee dies are much stickier than my Hornady dies. The only time I lubed cases was running .45 auto brass through my Lee resizer.

 

[LostintheOzone]

https://www.dillonprecision.com/dillon-case-lube-8-oz-bottle_8_8_23666.html

This stuff works great. I have to lube all of my 30 carbine brass even with carbide dies. Get a metal pie pan, throw 25-50 cases in it (no stacking) and give it a few shots. The stuff just evaporates in a few hours and leaves no residue. I don't know the chemical make up and I don't want to know. Slicker than snot on a door knob.

I don't own dillon anything but I use their case lube.

 

[Groo01]

Groo here
You POLISH your brass??????????????????
I will clean the brass as needed but felt little need to get a high
shine on range brass.
If I make hunting or serious target loads I will use new, shined ,or
nickle brass.
But I will lube some brass just to make sizing easier.

 

[38SPL HV]

At times I lube 357 Magnum cases. I lightly spray some Ballistol on a piece of paper toweling and lightly rub each case. I'm not a volume reloader but find that this slow and deliberate method with Ballistol/paper toweling really helps with smooth sizing through my carbide dies.

Ballistol will not harm primers, proven fact, but one would not even come close to getting some in the pockets with my method.

 

[67tempest]

I use carbide dies and I have never lubed a pistol case when sizing. I tumble them to make sure they are clean before I start and have never had a problem.