Better case lube that 1 shot?

I just use Lee Resizing Lubricant. Squeeze a bit onto the (in)side of an old margarine container, add brass, put the lid on, tumble by hand for a bit. The tumbling leaves a bit of lubricant in the mouths of the cases to lube the expander ball too, so no need to lube necks separately.

I got the method from a thread by Ganderite, if its good enough for him its good enough for me.

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/lubing-brass.497891/

I have an RCBS lube pad but its easy to put too much lube on that way and end up with dented shoulders. I don't think I've ever messed up a case with the Lee lube and tumble method.
 
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Forster Case Sizing Lubricant.
Of all the talk these days about all the various products out there, I still believe this to be the best there is. At one time in the( "distant", I guess now) past, I had to forcibly size 50BMG brass from out of a damn slopped-out chain-gun to make usable cases for my rifle. I fought my poor press and dies using every lube I could try at the time, and this stuff did the best job.....still my go-to for anything that requires much effort. Needs to be cleaned after, but that's a small price to pay if you are in a situation where good lube is really needed.
 
For rifle cases I would use just about anything else other than One Shot.

Arguably the "best" is Imperial sizing wax. A little goes a long way and I've never even had a case suggest it may get stuck when using it. But the only real way to apply it is to rub it on with your fingers so it's fine if you are doing a limited run of cases. And because you use so little it's really up to you if you want to wipe it off the case afterwards.

For volume I use lanolin/alcohol for a bunch of different reasons. It's cheap to make, it smells like cheap vodka and not some toxic chemical concoction, it goes a remarkably long way, it's incredibly easy to apply - you mix it in a spray bottle sop you just spray it on, then you mix the brass up a bit. I use a plastic bin the same size as a 24 beer flat. Just fill it up with cases, give them a few sprays then mix them up, a couple more sprays mix, and you are done. Downside is that you probably want to remove the lube. You can wipe them off with a rag with a bit of alcohol on it or you can throw them in your tumbler with walnut shell and a squirt of mineral spirits for 20-30 minutes to clean off.
 
I’ve been useing “Pam” for 30 years. I used to stand the cases on a cookie sheet and give them a light “dusting” then wipe it around the case with my fingers when I pick them up. I use a pad now, just spray a little on the pad and roll the case across it. BTW, Pam makes a great release agent for acra-glass also.
 
There isn’t much I haven’t used at one time or other. Imperial sizing wax is great and I’ve used tons of it.
There is something better though for tough sizeing jobs or for everything if you want. Same brand but Imperial Bio-Green. It makes their Sizing Wax seem like glue by comparison. I’m not talking a little bit better; but a whole different world.
 
I’ve been using chassis lube, the grease you use to grease the suspension on your pickup in a grease-gun. Smear it on an rcbs pad (use the same volume as you would with that rcbs lube that’s in a tube), use a q-tip inside the neck. After resizing I lay about 6-8 rounds on a cloth and spray them with Brakekleen, rub them between my hands. It cleans the outside of the case really well. Then use a q-tip sprayed with Brakleen to clean the inside of the neck.

Another routine that works well for the inside of the necks that I recently developed: before resizing, wet a q-tip with Brakekleen and thoroughly wet the inside of the neck and then before it dries run a bore brush thro it to clean the carbon off the inside. (I use a Lyman case prep turntable that has 5 spindles for your various turning such as inside and outside chamfering.) When you do this consistently from new brass, your resizer ball slides thro the neck much smoother, with only lubing every 3rd or 4th case. Then resize as above. Also helps with consistent neck tension cuz there’s never any carbon on the inside of the neck.
 
I used to exclusively use One-Shot, I'd put 200 or so cases in a plastic case, give it a bunch of sprays and shake it around, worked like a charm but then we stopped being able to get it in Canada cause of retarded requirements for french to be on the label :rolleyes:

Sizing lube like Lee is great if you're doing low volume but since I almost always do at least 200 cases at a time, I use the same Lanolin-alcohol mix that Gatehouse does. It works, is fast and is cheap. I size in 2 steps for all cartridges except .223 (which just gets 1 pass through the FL sizing die) by first running through a FL sizing die with no expander and then through a neck mandrel die. I just have to make sure that I get some lube in the necks when I spray the lanolin-alcohol mix in but it's not hard to do.
 
Personal experience. I tried to use the Imperial sizing wax for full length resizing. It doesn't work. I would get a case come close to getting stuck every time. This time around I have a close family friend that told me to use Hornady lube. I tried as wet and greasy as possible but not too much to dent the casing. Works every time. Just dab some on my glove and it's good for a few casings to full length resize. I use a cotton swab and touch the spout of the Hornady lube and just push that inside the case neck. Remember to lube the neck and body only and never the shoulder for a full length resizing. Imperial sizing wax is however good for the APW mandrel when you swab the case neck inside with a cotton swab.
 
I have been using Lyman Quick Slick case lube for a few years now. Lay the cases out on a cookie sheet, give them a quick spray. Never had a stuck case or a dented shoulder.
 
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