Stuck case and lube

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After all the years I have been reloading I got a stuck case.

While just starting resizing some once fired LC brass I checked the first one to see how it fit the chamber and it would not chamber. I resized and tried another with the same results. So I tried the 2 cases in a couple of other .308 rifles all with the same results.

Thinking it might be a die issue, I got out another FL die and lubed a LC case and went to size the case,well the case got stuck in the die and the seat pulled right through the rim.

Thinking WTH is going on I realized I changed lubes as my RCBS Case Slick was done so I threw the bottle away in the morning and so I was using Hornady One Shot. My grandson did some research on the net and came up that it might be the lube. And sure enough he came across some one with a similar case.

I dud out the old bottle and used some remaining RCBS lube and lubed one more LC case and resized it. This one now fit the chamber, I did one more LC case with the RCBS lube and it worked.

It appears that the One Shot lube does not allow the case to fully enter the die.

So question;

Is there that much lubricating differences between the two case lubes?

The One Shot lube I bought a couple of 3 ago and has bees sitting on the shelf, would this affect the lube?

Any one else experience the same?
 
If you are using a die with an expander ball and need to lube in and out, I have found Ballistol to be the best thing since sliced bread. ballistol.ca
 
Is it possible you have lube built up in the die? RCBS sells a die cleaner / lube kit that would clean up and then protect your dies.

Did you let the Hornady lube dry?

I can't speak to the Hornady lube but I did find the Lee lube was absolute junk. It created a lube build up in the die. Watering it down as per Lee's suggestion made it worse and lead to a stuck case. After cleaning and lubing my dies I switched to RCBS lube and never looked back. I was lubing 5 at a time on a lube pad but then switched to the zip lock shake and bake style lubing and can do 25-50 rifle cases at a time. I dip the 1st then every 5th case mouth in some RCBS lube and that's it. I've never had a problem since. Sizing and depriming is also very smooth and easy now compared to using the Lee lube that required super-human strength to size magnum rifle cases.

So to answer your original question in short, yes, different lubes can make a huge difference.
 
Did you let the Hornady lube dry?
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This is very important and most people skip that part of the instructions.

I mix a tube of Lee lube with a bottle of alcohol, spray it on, and let it dry. Works pretty good. You can also use Lanolin in place of the Lee lube it and I hear it works pretty good
 
Had the same problem, it went away after I shook the can for a while - I assume the One Shot lube had stratified while it sat.

Dan
 
Hornady One Shot is famous for getting cases stuck.
I have had Lee paste lube build up inside the die if allowed to harden between uses. I just use a .410 bore mop and nitro solvent to remove it.
Since using exclusively RCBS Case Lube 2 I haven't had any stuck cases; wet, dry, or other.
I want to get some Redding Imperial sizing wax but am having a pain trying to find it locally. Will have to just order it online.
 
Imperial sizing die wax is I use any more. Lube the first couple cases well to condition the die, and then cut it back slowly to almost nothing.

Getting rid of the spray lubes eliminated mystery misfires for me.
 
imperial or redding resizing wax. i would be supprized if you could stick a case with those lubes. it takes very little and a tin lasts a long time. that said i have never had an issue when i used to use rcbs case lube. the wax isn't as messy as the wax.
 
+1 on the Imperial wax. Great stuff.

Making sure the dies are clean beforehand is a good idea, too.
 
*MALICE* said:
This is very important and most people skip that part of the instructions.

I mix a tube of Lee lube with a bottle of alcohol, spray it on, and let it dry. Works pretty good. You can also use Lanolin in place of the Lee lube it and I hear it works pretty good
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As per their instructions approx 5 to six minutes.
 
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