Easiest way to remove Dillon case lube?

yup tumble for 15 minutes or so. Although sometimes I leave loaded rounds in over night. makes 'em nice and shiny, and yes I do this with both rifle and pistol rounds.
 
zuke said:
I have to do 700+ case's. Any bulk idea's?
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As the guys mentioned above, just run them through the tumbler again, preferably with fresh untreated corn cob media. It will remove the lube without a problem. You may find media in the flash holes afterwords, but using a universal decapper in station one solves that issue.
 
Halger280HVMag said:
I just leave it on...Does not seem to affect function....
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I've been told that lube left on cases can effect the pressure on the action because the case does not properly grip the walls of the chamber, threfore more pressure on the bolt.

I made up some bags from my old jeans put the brassin and into the washing machine. I have also put in the dishwasher cutler tray when I don't have as many. The wife frowned a little at first, but she is also an avid shooter so she was easy to convince
 
pupzit said:
I've been told that lube left on cases can effect the pressure on the action because the case does not properly grip the walls of the chamber, threfore more pressure on the bolt.

I made up some bags from my old jeans put the brassin and into the washing machine. I have also put in the dishwasher cutler tray when I don't have as many. The wife frowned a little at first, but she is also an avid shooter so she was easy to convince
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For low pressure pistol rounds, i wouldn't get too worried, but for rifle rounds, I wouldn't chance it without a mechanical engineers opinion.
 
There was an article in the Dillon Blue Press a few months ago written by a guy who reloaded lots of 223 ammo and he said that he would resize all cases first and then clean the case lube off by placing the cases in a tray of acetone for a few minutes to remove the case lube .
 
Am I the only person who finds that Dillon case lube doesn't work all that great? I find that I have to work the press much harder when I use it and I get more stuck cases. When I use the Lee case lube, cases resize in the press like butter.
 
To remove sizing lube , I usually use a rag soaked in rubbing alcohol for most of the big rifle cases and for the small ones like 22 Hornet I put them in a container and use dish soap and hot water to get the lube off , rinse and shake off as much water as possible and put them in a steel colander and put them in the oven at a bit less than 200 degrees for about an hr or so.Too much heat can cause damage to the cases.Works great!
Bearcat
 
I threw them back into the tumbler and degreased them.
I like the LEE stuff also. Squeeze into a small spray bottle and about an equal volume of rubbing alcohol from the dollar store. A couple lead pellet's to help keep it from clumping up and your done.
 
zuke said:
I like the LEE stuff also. Squeeze into a small spray bottle and about an equal volume of rubbing alcohol from the dollar store. A couple lead pellet's to help keep it from clumping up and your done.
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Oh wow. I'm going to have to try that. So one to one on lube to alcohol you're saying?

(Heh, that sounds like the ingredients for a wild party.)
 
In the first LEE manual he stated the stuff straight out of the tube was overkill. I thought about it and came up with this.Work's for me, just remember to shake it up.
 
HPL said:
Am I the only person who finds that Dillon case lube doesn't work all that great? I find that I have to work the press much harder when I use it and I get more stuck cases. When I use the Lee case lube, cases resize in the press like butter.
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The trick to Dillon lube is to use just a little, and allow it to dry. If you use it when it hasn't had the alcohol evaporate, it's pretty hard going.
 
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