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That's what I did wrong with the Hornady. I sat down to reload and was too impatient to spray and walk away.

I'll just stick with the Imperial as it has never let me down.

YUP!

I still use the rcbs lube pads never had a problem

I stuck a couple of cases from my M1A using spray lubes, plus it was just plain hard to size them. Bought a $4.00 tub of Hornady Unique lube and my problems stopped immediately. It may be the same as Imperial, even if it isn't it's great stuff.

Good info already given...

several things I didn't see mentioned... Difficulty sizing is indication also your brass is expanding too much...either a slightly oversized chamber or you are redlining your velocity, with way increased pressure when firing...

my sizing regimen is to neck sizing and deprime with a Lee Collet die... then if it chambers too snugly or with difficulty, then I bump the shoulder back with a body Die..
Got one in 7/08 that works well both for the 243 and the 260.. a long with a 7/08 if I shot one...

spindle out of the 260 die also works well for a 243 body die...

I hear a lot of the ways guys lube stuff, which all seems to difficult for my tastes...I was self taught to reload so I found what worked for me...

I use this for lubrication... friend is a dealer...can is like $8 and lasts me for about 4 years or more.. and I do a lot of reloading...



and how I lubed them is in a blue camping frying pan I picked up at Bi Mart for $7, like 18 years ago or so...



spray lube the pan as needed, and when not in use, hangs on a hook off the side of my reload bench...

toss 10 to 15 pieces of brass in there at a time... shake it around a little like we use to do to a pan of jiffy pop, popcorn..

Works real well, is not a big mess... definitely gets the brass lubed well.... stuck cases are a thing of the past...

a little prudence on the powder scale contributes to that also..

+1... Er... 3.

I have used Imperial for years and the only stuck case I have ever had was when I tried to sneak one by without and lube.

Imperial is magic in a little silver can

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This for the past 35 years or so. Never had a problem, never a stuck case. I have had to replace the pad a couple of times.

I just tried my first round of brass with my homemade lube. I like it! 1oz lanolin oil to 1 12oz bottle of Iso-Heet. I found a good deal online on an 8oz bottle of lanoline oil. Bought 8 bottles of Iso-Heet at Wal-Mart and mixed it all up in an empty gallon jug. I'm about $30 in for 104oz of lube. At $10 per 4oz bottle of RCBS lube that I've been using, that works out to $260 vs $30. I figure I have enough lube to last for many years.

I dumped 100pcs of 223 brass in a plastic container, squirted them about 3-4 times, shook them around, then a couple more squirts for good measure. Let them sit for 30-45mins for the alcohol to evaporate and started sizing. Works just as well as the bought stuff and don't even have to wash my hands afterword, just rub the lanolin oil into my hands for no dry skin.

Yep. same here..