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Lube question #15698499 01/24/21
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,567 Midland Michigan B boatboy OP Campfire Outfitter
OP boatboy Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,567 Midland Michigan	I have been using Hornady one shot Except for small batches those I use Imperial I was at Jays and was going to pick up Dillion and forgot till I was 5 minutes down the road My question is something magic in the lubes that are for cases Or does anyone use stuff commonly used on thier work benches? IE dry silicon what ever lube etc Hank Thank You Lord for another day,Help my Brother along the way When you mature,you realize hospitals and schools are businesses,and the Beatles were geniuses Live Like A Champion Today NRA EndowmentLife Member,My Daughter is also a Life Member

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Re: Lube question boatboy #15698633 01/24/21
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,156 North of Des Moines kwg020 Campfire Ranger
kwg020 Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,156 North of Des Moines	I had been using RCBS glycerin lube but it's all gone right now. I judt got a bottle of RCBS pump spray lube as it was all I could find. kwg For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.

Re: Lube question boatboy #15699227 01/24/21
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,634 Nebr Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter
Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,634 Nebr	Mink oil and Vaseline. Good read here. Most all of the suggestions work. http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm#Sizing Swifty

Re: Lube question boatboy #15700462 01/24/21
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Re: Lube question boatboy #15704069 01/25/21
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,652 Utah B boatanchor Campfire Tracker
boatanchor Campfire Tracker B Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,652 Utah	Originally Posted by boatboy I have been using Hornady one shot Except for small batches those I use Imperial I was at Jays and was going to pick up Dillion and forgot till I was 5 minutes down the road My question is something magic in the lubes that are for cases Or does anyone use stuff commonly used on thier work benches? IE dry silicon what ever lube etc Hank To me One Shot is the worst product Hornady ever put on the market, I too use Imperial die wax for smaller batch's when doing a few hundred cases Imperial is not practical, I found a case lube that is awesome. not as messy as one shot and works much better called Brass Butter..............not cocoa butter !!!!!

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Re: Lube question boatanchor #15704959 01/25/21
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auk1124 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,675 KY	Originally Posted by boatanchor To me One Shot is the worst product Hornady ever put on the market, I too use Imperial die wax for smaller batch's when doing a few hundred cases Imperial is not practical, I found a case lube that is awesome. not as messy as one shot and works much better called Brass Butter..............not cocoa butter !!!!! Don't knock Queen Helene til you try it. Contains mineral oil, lanolin, and cocoa butter, all of which makes it slick as snot when resizing while wet. Squirt some on a piece of foam and work it in, roll your brass on the foam, resize immediately, works as good as anything else. Wipes off with a towel after resizing. Costs two bucks for a big bottle at walmart.

Re: Lube question boatboy #15705346 01/25/21
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,167 T TheKid Campfire Outfitter
TheKid Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,167	I’ve loaded thousands of rounds using PAM. Doesn’t stink and I’ve never stuck a case with it. Available at pretty much any grocery store.

Re: Lube question boatboy #15705359 01/25/21
Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 13,232 Henderson, NV NVhntr Campfire Outfitter
NVhntr Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 13,232 Henderson, NV	Lanolin is the base of some of the lubes. Mix it with alcohol. I've mixed a bottle of the RCBS case lube with a pint of 91% rubbing alcohol to make my own spray lube. Works good. I think the Lee lube is lanolin. Let's Go Brandon! FJB

Re: Lube question NVhntr #15706372 01/26/21
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,634 Nebr Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter
Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,634 Nebr	Originally Posted by NVhntr Lanolin is the base of some of the lubes. Mix it with alcohol. I've mixed a bottle of the RCBS case lube with a pint of 91% rubbing alcohol to make my own spray lube. Works good. I think the Lee lube is lanolin. 90% of the lubes out there are Lanolin based. I know Hornady Unique is nothing more than colored anhydrous Lanolin. Mink oil is 90% anhydrous lanolin. Hornady one shot is anhydrous lanolin mixed with 99% alcohol. Swifty

Re: Lube question auk1124 #15708160 01/26/21
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,567 Midland Michigan B boatboy OP Campfire Outfitter
OP boatboy Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,567 Midland Michigan	Originally Posted by auk1124 Originally Posted by boatanchor To me One Shot is the worst product Hornady ever put on the market, I too use Imperial die wax for smaller batch's when doing a few hundred cases Imperial is not practical, I found a case lube that is awesome. not as messy as one shot and works much better called Brass Butter..............not cocoa butter !!!!! Don't knock Queen Helene til you try it. Contains mineral oil, lanolin, and cocoa butter, all of which makes it slick as snot when resizing while wet. Squirt some on a piece of foam and work it in, roll your brass on the foam, resize immediately, works as good as anything else. Wipes off with a towel after resizing. Costs two bucks for a big bottle at walmart. Hey Auk you never know around here lots of smartazzes I was not sure if your post was serious or a bit of humor myself Thanks Hank Thank You Lord for another day,Help my Brother along the way When you mature,you realize hospitals and schools are businesses,and the Beatles were geniuses Live Like A Champion Today NRA EndowmentLife Member,My Daughter is also a Life Member

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Re: Lube question boatboy #15708178 01/26/21
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,675 KY A auk1124 Campfire Tracker
auk1124 Campfire Tracker A Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,675 KY	Originally Posted by boatboy Hey Auk you never know around here lots of smartazzes I was not sure if your post was serious or a bit of humor myself Thanks Hank Heh, I'm guilty as charged myself but this time I was being serious. Take it easy Hank.

Re: Lube question boatboy #15734123 02/01/21
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,293 Georgia T TLB2 Campfire Tracker
TLB2 Campfire Tracker T Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,293 Georgia	I was using lanolin and alcohol a few days ago and stuck 5 cases of 223 in my dies, Cant find any case lube locally. Was researching it and read about using udder balm. Seen some at Tractor supply and it has lanolin and wax in it, Big tub for $7 tried it tonight and sized 350 pieces of range brass with no problem. Plus it softens your dry cracked hands

Re: Lube question boatboy #15734392 02/02/21
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,730 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,730 Southern Oregon USA	I use the Amzoil version of WD 40.....I lube my brass in an old $6.00 frying pan I got 20 years ago....shake it like Jiffy Pop and does the job.. I think I'll try some of the Pam... I've used tons of that camping with scouts over the years... since back in the late 60s.. will have to try sneaking some of the wife's out into the garage and try it...good suggestion... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: Lube question boatboy #15736442 02/02/21
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,096 Texas hanco Campfire Savant
hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,096 Texas	I use Imperial sizing wax

Re: Lube question boatboy #15759373 02/07/21
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9Legend Campfire Member 9 Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 122	I use my own mixture of lanolin/heet (alcohol)

Re: Lube question 9Legend #15764228 02/09/21
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colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,728 North Carolina	Originally Posted by 9Legend I use my own mixture of lanolin/heet (alcohol) This stuff works well and is cheap. Look for videos on youtube. "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

Re: Lube question 9Legend #15764826 02/09/21
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,942 B bbassi Campfire Outfitter
bbassi Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 10,942	Originally Posted by 9Legend I use my own mixture of lanolin/heet (alcohol) +2 one table spoon of pure lanolin (Amazon) and 12 ounces of the RED Heet. add it to a $1 spray bottle from the dollar store. Put 50-100 cases in a ziplock, give it a couple squirts then seal the bag and roll them around for a minute. It works every bit as good as One shot at a fraction of the price. They say everything happens for a reason. For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.

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