how do you lube your brass?

I'm not concerned with speed so much as I am with lubeing the case without getting it stuck in the sizing die and without putting grease dents in the shoulder. I know, I know, grease dents don't pose any serious problem, but they strike me as a beginner's mistake that is easily avoided with a bit of care. I use both Imperial dry neck lube for inside the case neck and Imperial Sizing Wax for the case body below the shoulder. A little goes a long way.
 
Being cheap/poor---

I use vegetable oil. Dip a Q-tip in a shot glass of oil. Wipe down the length of the case, and lightly around the inside of the neck. Give the outside a smear with your fingers to cover the outside. Wipe fingers on a rag. You don't need much oil at all, and you won't have cases stuck in the die.
I also wipe the case after sizing.

May not be fast, but it works, and it's cheap.

I really like Ganderites' method though.
 
RCBS Case lube 2 on a lube pad, roll 5 at a time, or Reddings Imperial Sizing Die wax by hand, or on really hard to size cases a wipe with Amsoil or other Synthetic motor oil. I have had a couple spray on lubes that I didn't care for and also have tried the Lee. RCBS lube pad or Imperial Wax get used almost exclusively for my loading now.
 
I find Hornady one shot works well with my 5.56 brass. I put the brass in a cardboard box, then spray the brass with a good dousing while shaking the box. Then I let the brass dry and start reloading. Easy, fast, painless. Prior to that I was using RCBS case lube on a RCBS case lube pad. It worked for the first 10 rds or so, then you'd start getting dust or errant powder onto the pad and need to clean it off or re-lube. Slow and tedious.
 
Ganderite said:
Lee Lube wiped around the inside of a pail. About a 1 inch worm worth.
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200 or so pistol cases in the pail.
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Put on lid and swirl for 30 seconds. All cases are lubed and ready to gho.
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What a great idea! I had thought of doing that too, but was afraid of getting some lube on the shoulder. I thought it was bad juju to get lube on the shoulder no?

So I use the Lee Lube between thumb and forefinger and twirl each case individually between them. I don't do too many rifle cases at a go, so it makes the work quite bearable.

I don't lube pistol cases.
 
For precision rifle cases: imperial on my fingers (nothing beats imperial for low runouts)

For everything else: spray/squirt liquid lube into a large ziplock bag, toss in a few handfulls of cases, then shake. Quick, and you get an even coating.
 
ted_dent said:
This sounds like a great idea. Where did you come up with it? Is that 10 parts lube to one part rubbing alcohol or vice versa? I use the Lee lube on my fingers and give the cases a quick roll but this would be WAY quicker. I like the Lee lube because it is not petroleum based and much easier to remove. After sizing the cases I just throw them in a metal can with some lacquer thinner, swish them around for 10-15 seconds and then dump them on a towel. The thinner dissolves the lube and evaporates quickly, leaving the cases clean and dry & ready to reload.
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It is 10 part rubbing alcohol to 1 part Lee sizing lube. Some go as low as 16 parts rubbing alcohol to 1 part Lee but I find the 10/1 works better.
 
My favourite spray lube is "AD3000", a lanoline-based spray sold at Princess Auto. Spray into a zip-lock bag, add brass and shake. The only thing about these kinds of lube applications is that the inside of the neck rarely gets lubed and it can drag on the upstroke - any ideas?

I also have Imperial Sizing Wax, and a tiny dab can be applied to the top of the neck to take care of that.
 
Found something even better today.
Put all 250 cases in a plastic container, put some mobil 1 on my hands, tumble all the brass around with hands, resize. once every 10 cases, dip the mouth into oil to keep the inside pin oiled.

Never had brass glide so smoothly over a full resize die.
Wet tumble after to clean. Oven dry at 175 F 30 min.

Dont even need to oil inside if you resize them still full of carbon.

SOOOOO smooth
 
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1 large Ziploc freezer bag, 100 cases, 1-2" "strip" of RCBS case lube inside the bag, seal with air inside and roll the bag around in your hands for 30 seconds. Never had a stuck case with this method.

My slower tedious method is finger rubbed Imperial Wax.
 
I usually put 100 rifle brass in a plastic tub with 5 or 6 drops of rcbs liquid case lube, put the lid on, and shake them around for a minute. I tumble them for a few minutes afterward until there's no dust stickign to the outside before repriming.
 
i use lyman spray lube, works good for me and when you lube all the cases at once you won't forget to lube one and get it stuck in the die, i do .223 mostly for my savage f-tr
 
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