I've tried lots of different case lubes. All are good. Some are easier to use. Some leave residue that is harder to clean off. There have been times when I was short on the stuff and had to delay a reloading job until I could buy some more.
The other day if occurred to me to use a light spray of plain ordinary grocery store spray Canola oil for lubing rifle cases. Not PAM but just any old no-name brand. I used it the same way as any commercial spray case lube - treating cases to a light over-spray. The smell seemed the same as the case lube you buy. This grocery store spray canola oil worked just like commercial spray case lube - whether I let the cases sit for a while to become tacky or whether I resized cases seconds after they'd been sprayed.
So here's are my questions. Are all of the commercial case lubes just different formulations of canola oil? Maybe even that white creamy Lee case lube just some hydrogenated form of canola oil. If so, why are we paying many times more for the stuff labeled as commercial case spray lube - and going through the hassle of buying the stuff when you can find it locally or buying commercial spray lube on-line? Why not just buy the grocery store spray Canola oil for lubing rifle cases?
The other day if occurred to me to use a light spray of plain ordinary grocery store spray Canola oil for lubing rifle cases. Not PAM but just any old no-name brand. I used it the same way as any commercial spray case lube - treating cases to a light over-spray. The smell seemed the same as the case lube you buy. This grocery store spray canola oil worked just like commercial spray case lube - whether I let the cases sit for a while to become tacky or whether I resized cases seconds after they'd been sprayed.
So here's are my questions. Are all of the commercial case lubes just different formulations of canola oil? Maybe even that white creamy Lee case lube just some hydrogenated form of canola oil. If so, why are we paying many times more for the stuff labeled as commercial case spray lube - and going through the hassle of buying the stuff when you can find it locally or buying commercial spray lube on-line? Why not just buy the grocery store spray Canola oil for lubing rifle cases?