Hornady one shot case lube

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I have previously used Lee case lube, which I found application to be tedious,
Since then was using Dillon lanolin case lube which was ok,

And recently gave Hornady one shot a try.
This lube is really good, get the job done, and in my 9mm/223 I don't even wipe after the process, still do for my bolt 308.
I used to not lube 9mm in my progressive because Dillon lube would leave a sticky film, and with carbide dies not mandatory.
Now with this one shot the 650 glides effortlessly.

My one and only concern, there are so many damn health hazards on the bottle, you'd think that you'd die after using a can of it in a reload room.
Do you guys spray you brass outdoors and then come back in to process it?
Am I paranoid or is this stuff toxic beyond acceptable levels?
 
I thought the exact same thing Marty. I used it once and it now gets used for other things. Also lots of online love it or hate it because of stuck cases. Could be operator error, but still I have no problems with my RCBS case lube. I would like to try the home made lanolin/alcohol mix.
 
I find that the Lyman yellow/orange spray can lube works way better with 223 case resizing in a Dillon steel resize die, where the lube is much more critical. I am using my Hornady red can spray lube on 9mm in Dillon carbide die just to use it up, I won't be buying more once it is used up.
 
I have been using it for quite some time, not into this lube pad or wax sh it, what a frigging mess.

To me it's like a solo cup vs fine crystal ,end result is still the same.

I work in a bodyshop, my fate has been sealed for chemical exposure. ;)
 
I've had my best results with castor oil, by hand for reforming brass to another caliber.
No stuck cases with it, cheap and available in any drugstore.
Doesn't take much.

Some people thin it with alcohol and spray it, just like making your own with lanolin.
Alcohol should evaporate before sizing.
 
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Never had any stuck cases with hornady,
I do apply it generously on case and let settle for a few minutes before starting.
Just the toxicity of it is concerning to me.
Will meditate on the issue...
 
I use a liquid lanolin and rubbing alcohol (99%) mix. Mix about 10:1, put it in a spray bottle and you're good to go. I've used this stuff for tens of thousands of rounds and never had a stuck case. It also works really nice when swaging primer pockets. I generally wash my brass after I re-size/swage, but I've never had an issue with the lanolin affecting the powder burn when I didn't.

This is much safer than a lot of the other spray on case lubes, a lot of them are extremely toxic. I used the Hornady stuff when I first got into reloading and I found it to really irritate my sinuses. After reading the warnings on the can I switched to the lanolin/alcohol mix and have never looked back.

Also, don't use the watered down rubbing alcohol as the water won't dissolve the lanolin and the extra water takes forever to dry. Ask me how I know...
 
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Yea I would make sure to not breathe it in deeply. A respirator a simple ventilation system would help a lot. Spray them outside where the wind can take the excess away.
 
MartyK2500 said:
I have previously used Lee case lube, which I found application to be tedious,
Since then was using Dillon lanolin case lube which was ok,

And recently gave Hornady one shot a try.
This lube is really good, get the job done, and in my 9mm/223 I don't even wipe after the process, still do for my bolt 308.
I used to not lube 9mm in my progressive because Dillon lube would leave a sticky film, and with carbide dies not mandatory.
Now with this one shot the 650 glides effortlessly.

My one and only concern, there are so many damn health hazards on the bottle, you'd think that you'd die after using a can of it in a reload room.
Do you guys spray you brass outdoors and then come back in to process it?
Am I paranoid or is this stuff toxic beyond acceptable levels?
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place all brass in a ziplock bag. spray, then seal it up.

now tumble the brass in the bag, wait 5 minutes, and you are ready to reload.
 
Just as a follow up, For my 308 single stage I got back to using Dillon lanolin mix.

Hornady 1 shot still has 2 uses for me. Although I spray it outdoors only now, too much chemicals to my liking, there's already enough stuff to kill you out there without adding one in the reload room.
1. Spray a large 9mm batch before dropping into the 650 case feeder (makes the press quite smoother to operate)
2. Spray a Qtip and lightly coat zero fired 308 lapua neck interiors, it's a solution I have found to erratic neck tension on zero fired brass, once I have that carbon coating inside all the bullets seat with the same pressure without any lube.

That being said, I changed how I use the lanolin mix, and it now rocks.
I lube 10 cases at a time but then put them in a reload tray instead of reloading immediately,
and I have ran a cotton bore mop with autosol inside my body sizing die, brought it to a mirror without removing any or very little material.

Since then, it feels even smoother than using Hornady one shot,
I could resize with 1 finger if i'd want...
 
Long ago I went through a can of Hornady One-Shot...
The longest lasting impression I have of the stuff is the smell.
Whatever's in that can f#!%ing stinks.
'Went to the home made lanolin/99% isopropyl alcohol mix (1:12) and have had zero problems..
Tens of thousands of rounds lubed and not one stuck case.
...and its soooooo inexpensive.
 
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Long ago I went through a can of Hornady One-Shot...
The longest lasting impression I have of the stuff is the smell.
Whatever's in that can f#!%ing stinks.
'Went to the home made lanolin/99% isopropyl alcohol mix (1:12) and have had zero problems..
Tens of thousands of rounds lubed and not one stuck case.
...and its soooooo inexpensive.
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Finding both products is pretty much impossible unfortunately.
 
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