+1I 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".
I stuck a few too until I switched to the baggie trick.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.
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.
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.
I usually give one little shot of One Shot or similiar to pistol brass. I do not tumble them again.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 absolutely do not tumble loaded ammo BTW.
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.me neither
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!)