Do you de lube your case after sizing and how

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One of my pet peeves of reloading is the de lubing of the sized cases.
I still wipe each case carefully until clean, a slow labourious job.
I have tried washing them, but it takes quite a while till all traces of water are gone from the inside of the case.
Anyone has a good or better idea?
 
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I tumble them in fine walnut media for an hour to de-lube.

I either tumble after sizing or, if I am in a hurry to load, I load the lubed cases and then tumble the loaded ammo.

Depending on lube used and how shiny you want the brass, tumbling for 1 to 3 hours does the job.
 
Ganderite said:
I tumble them in fine walnut media for an hour to de-lube.

I either tumble after sizing or, if I am in a hurry to load, I load the lubed cases and then tumble the loaded ammo.

Depending on lube used and how shiny you want the brass, tumbling for 1 to 3 hours does the job.
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I tumble with walnut media for an hour or so also. Then on to reloading.
 
I load rifle ammo in my progressive and I use the RCBS case lube die in station 1.
So no cleaning lube off of it before reloading.
Once ammo is ready, i just throw them over a rag and rub them all at once. The RCBS lube comes off easily.

I tried before: lubing, resizing and then tumbling in walnut media so then I could have a second run on my progressive and I regret it as i got a lot of media stuck in the primer pocket.
 
MiniMe said:
I load rifle ammo in my progressive and I use the RCBS case lube die in station 1.
So no cleaning lube off of it before reloading.
Once ammo is ready, i just throw them over a rag and rub them all at once. The RCBS lube comes off easily.

I tried before: lubing, resizing and then tumbling in walnut media so then I could have a second run on my progressive and I regret it as i got a lot of media stuck in the primer pocket.
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I used have this problem when using Lyman brand media. Then I switched to Princess Auto and Shooting Supply fine walnut (About $30 for 50 lbs) This is quite fine and does not collect in flash holes.
 
I wipe them off with an alcohol soaked rag, dry’s quickly, and leaves them squeaky clean. I bought a 4 litre jug and have been using it for over three years ( thousands of cases )
 
I got lazy a few years back and started using One Shot... it gets a bad rap but I have never had a problem (10's of thousands of rounds loaded)... clean brass, drop in a pail, spray with One Shot, swirl bucket, spray with One Shot, swirl bucket, size and prime brass, load powder & bullet, seat... done... no second cleaning after lubing, only seconds to prepare and far less handling... more shooting.
 
I wet tumble rifle cases same method as FirearmsEnthusiast described above but dry my brass in the oven. Nothing like fresh baked brass out of the pan...
 
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I shoot ammo, lube, size, then tumble with as pins for a few hours (usually 2), then stick em in the oven for 15 minutes on 220F. After that they look like brand new brass inside and out and are dry ready to load
 
I don't bother removing the lube on pistol cartridges. They are lubed with homemade lube, then loaded on a dillon 650-------then shoot.
tens of thousands ---- no problem.
 
With my RCBS Carb dies, I never have to lube. I only dry tumble before sizing and have had zero issues :)

But I only reload straight wall handgun ammo.
 
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Pistol cases, I use Hornady One Shot. No need to remove it. With rifle cases I tumble in crushed walnut for 45 minutes or so, then load.

Lubing pistol cases isn't absolutely necessary, but the presses run so much smoother when I do.

Auggie D.
 
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