One Shot

[57K]

Hell, I'll thank you now! I missed your post #6, and sounds totally logical to me. I'll try it out.

 

[benenglish]

I switched to Imperial Case Lube a couple years back. Haven't had an issue since. My six year old love helping Dad out with what she calls "the goobery stuff".

+1

 

[Vaquero]

Stuck a case today. My first since I started reloading in 1980.

5.56 lc crimped primer. But I believe that to be irrelevant.

Yes, I was using Hornady one shot.
I got the stuck case out and gave the remaining unsized cases a second shot. Went back to it.
The twice lubed cases ran WAY smoother than the prior.

My takeaway? You can't use too much oneshot, but it is easy to be "stingy" with it.
A heavy dose is wonderfully slick and won't create oil dents.

I'm "sticking" with one shot! Heh! But I'm shooting twice.

 

[Dawico]

Stuck a case today. My first since I started reloading in 1980.

5.56 lc crimped primer. But I believe that to be irrelevant.

Yes, I was using Hornady one shot.
I got the stuck case out and gave the remaining unsized cases a second shot. Went back to it.
The twice lubed cases ran WAY smoother than the prior.

My takeaway? You can't use too much oneshot, but it is easy to be "stingy" with it.
A heavy dose is wonderfully slick and won't create oil dents.

I'm "sticking" with one shot! Heh! But I'm shooting twice.

I stuck a few too until I switched to the baggie trick.

 

[noylj]

All aerosol lubes have to dry for several minutes before using.
I never lubed a case neck ID and never had the decapper/expander stick in the case, much less like that.
I don't like One Shot as it seems to be very "thick" and "tacky." I prefer the other pump-bottle aerosols, but that is not based on how well it works but how I much I like working with it.

 

[57K]

I stuck a few too until I switched to the baggie trick.

I've already developed a variation on your bag theme. Trim cases the day before and spray them with OneShot, put them in a baggie and load them the next day. Ball powders are less likely to stick to the inside of the case-neck with .223/5.56 NATO!

 

[TXARGUY]

All right. Here's my cheap ass secret that has worked like a charm for years with nary a single stuck case.

A very light coat around the neck and bam.

Don't laugh. It's cheap, It works and one container of it will serve you well untill you pass away and then it will serve your heirs well until they pass away and then.....

Now if I could just find one of these to use as a dispenser:

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I just use mink oil. Works.

 

[TXARGUY]

Do you guys re-tumble post sizing? I do. Knocks off any tiny metal shavings left after the process leaving you with a silky smooth neck.

I use a walnut/find red clay mixture for this post tumble. The clay is great at revealing any microscopic cracks or imperfections in the neck that may have otherwise gone un-noticed.

I know this is a lube thread but this is related and I'm just wondering if anyone else is doing the same. I'm I doing it over-kill? Anyone doing something different that I should try?

Sorry about the thread jack Vaquero but you've got some like minded experienced guys commenting here so I figured this would be a good group to throw that out to.

 

[Charlie]

I don't tumble but I do send them through an ultrasonic cleaner after resizing to clean off any lube, etc. Never saw a need for tumbling except to make them look pretty. (flame suit on!)

 

[Younggun]

All aerosol lubes have to dry for several minutes before using.
I never lubed a case neck ID and never had the decapper/expander stick in the case, much less like that.
I don't like One Shot as it seems to be very "thick" and "tacky." I prefer the other pump-bottle aerosols, but that is not based on how well it works but how I much I like working with it.

I never messed with inside the neck either, although I do spray at an angle since I started using one shot. Don't notice any difference.

I did find that on really big cases living the case neck made a difference. But those are done with valvaline.

 

[Vaquero]

Once they are deprimed, tumbling is over.
I hate granules trapped in the flash hole.
I trim with the case holder chucked in a drill. Once the trimming and deburring are done, I wipe them while the drill is running.

 

[Younggun]

Thats how I do my .308. Trim, chamfer, debur, and wipe chucked in the drill.

 

[dee]

I ultrasonic then tumble after sizing. I will clean before also if the brass is really dirty pickup stuff. I use Hornady unique for lube which is pretty thick so a clean after is pretty much a must but I have no stuck case problems so I can accept the extra step.

 

[vmax]

when you run a progressive you size and go immediately to case mouth belling and powder charging.
you would have to be running single stage to tumble your cases after resizing to remove the lube or am I missing something?



for me, I just load them up as normal and when I do my final visual inspection before putting the rounds into a tray for storage/range, I just give them a quick wipe with a micro fiber towel. I have also just dumped them onto a dish towel and rolled them all at once to remove the excess lube.

 

[Dawico]

Do you guys re-tumble post sizing? I do. Knocks off any tiny metal shavings left after the process leaving you with a silky smooth neck.

I use a walnut/find red clay mixture for this post tumble. The clay is great at revealing any microscopic cracks or imperfections in the neck that may have otherwise gone un-noticed.

I know this is a lube thread but this is related and I'm just wondering if anyone else is doing the same. I'm I doing it over-kill? Anyone doing something different that I should try?

Sorry about the thread jack Vaquero but you've got some like minded experienced guys commenting here so I figured this would be a good group to throw that out to.

when you run a progressive you size and go immediately to case mouth belling and powder charging.
you would have to be running single stage to tumble your cases after resizing to remove the lube or am I missing something?



for me, I just load them up as normal and when I do my final visual inspection before putting the rounds into a tray for storage/range, I just give them a quick wipe with a micro fiber towel. I have also just dumped them onto a dish towel and rolled them all at once to remove the excess lube.

I usually give one little shot of One Shot or similiar to pistol brass. I do not tumble them again.

For rifles I size them on a single stage then retumble them to remove the lube. Precision rifle does not go into the progressive.

For plinking rifle ammo I put a universal decapper in the first station to remove any media from the flash hole and reload as usual on the progressive.

 

[Dawico]

I absolutely do not tumble loaded ammo BTW.

 

[vmax]

I absolutely do not tumble loaded ammo BTW.

me neither

 

[dee]

me neither

I have for display rounds but never for ammunition to be shot. That being said a lot of factory companies tumble loaded ammo but they also don't use the same components we do.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I don't tumble but I do send them through an ultrasonic cleaner after resizing to clean off any lube, etc. Never saw a need for tumbling except to make them look pretty. (flame suit on!)

Do you clean both before and after, or only after?

I do the ultrasonic as well. I'm no ammo pretty-boy!