True.You don’t need lube with pistol, at least straight wall, carbide dies even with nickel plated brass.
Having said that, a spritz of Hornady one shot won’t hurt and is painless. No screams needed. I’ve found that brass spritzed with one shot is very easy to resized, but nickel is even easier!
For a long time I resized 38 Special nickel plated cases just as brass cases without any issues. Generally, the loads were target, wadcutter ammunition. Lots of low pressure stuff.
One of these days, I'll turn the rim off a number of 38 Special cases making a 38 AMU case and see how they function my 38 Special 1911.