how to speed up lubing my cases?

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So I've been reloading a few years now and the slowest most annoying part for me is individually applying the Lee Case lube to each case before resizing

I thought I saw a video way back where a guy had some spray lube that he put in a bag and tumbled his cases in the bag by hand

Maybe I was dreaming, either way, is there a way to speed up lubing my cases besides getting carbide dies?
 
dump your tube of lee sizing lube into a spray bottle and add 10 or more equal parts of 99% isopropyl alcohol. shake it up to mix and now you can spray 50+ at a time in a bucket or bag.
 
TheArmyMan204 said:
So I've been reloading a few years now and the slowest most annoying part for me is individually applying the Lee Case lube to each case before resizing

I thought I saw a video way back where a guy had some spray lube that he put in a bag and tumbled his cases in the bag by hand

Maybe I was dreaming, either way, is there a way to speed up lubing my cases besides getting carbide dies?
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Yes some do it that way and as long as you have the mouth of the cases facing away and spray top down in a large zip bag it should work okay ..
I do it for pistol brass only right now.
 
for 303 and 3006 I use a small pail, fill 1/4 full of brass then I use a sponge the size of a tennis ball that I moist with case lube, shake around for a short time,
 
If you are sizing a few cases, the case lube technique does not matter very much. If you have a bucket or two of brass to size, there is a fast efficient way to lube the cases. I lube 100 or so cases (rifle) at a time. Takes about 30 seconds.

I use Lee case lube. It is a water soluble cream that is easy to clean off.

Dump brass in a plastic pail that has a lid.

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Then take a 1" worm of lube and smear it around the top inside wall of the pail.

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Put lid on and swirl and shake for 15 seconds. This will lube all the cases and deposit a tiny dab on the case mouth, to lube the expander button.
 
I recently sized 2 X 5 gallon pails of 5.56 brass in my Dillon XL650 using a Lee decapper in position 1 and a Redding die in position 4. I still have the bottom inch and a half of Dillon Case Lube left. Each is a pump spray bottle, so you pay 9 bucks for 100% lube, not propellant. And it's lanoline and alcohol. No chemicals like the RCBS spray lube. I put it by the 200 to 300 in a large flat tray container, spray all, add 200 or so more, spray again and shake well. Even the case mouths are GTG. And I have 500 or so brass ready to size. Never have had issues.
 
bigedp51 said:
Homemade Firearm Cleaners & Lubricants
Look under case sizing lubricants, I buy the lanolin and 99% isopropyl alcohol online and place in a pint spray bottle. Place brass in large one gallon ziploc bag, spray and then shake.

http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm
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Have you found lanolin oil in Canada? No local pharmacies seem to have it and I can only find it on amazon dot com
 
CreamySmooth said:
I recently sized 2 X 5 gallon pails of 5.56 brass in my Dillon XL650 using a Lee decapper in position 1 and a Redding die in position 4. I still have the bottom inch and a half of Dillon Case Lube left. Each is a pump spray bottle, so you pay 9 bucks for 100% lube, not propellant. And it's lanoline and alcohol. No chemicals like the RCBS spray lube. I put it by the 200 to 300 in a large flat tray container, spray all, add 200 or so more, spray again and shake well. Even the case mouths are GTG. And I have 500 or so brass ready to size. Never have had issues.
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I just scoop untreated brass direct into the case feeder, and as the casefeeder rotates and feeds brass into the feed tube, I spray a few pumps of the Dillon lube into the feeder.
 
TonyMo said:
Have you found lanolin oil in Canada? No local pharmacies seem to have it and I can only find it on amazon dot com
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I live just outside the crowded Harrisburg Pennsylvania USA the State Capital and did buy it on Amazon. If I lived in Canada it would be so far north I would be loading with a Lee loader, be off the grid, and sending my postings here by smoke signals.
 
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