Case lube and observations

[wlkjr]

Been reloading about 3 months on a used Dillon 650 with new carbide sizing die.
I have not been using any case lube as I only load 9 & 10mm and was told no lube was necessary. The sizing stroke was always sticky feeling espcecially the upstroke on the handle. So recently I bought some Hornady One Shot spray.
I cleaned everything up and started loading some with the lube on them. Amazingly, it took about half the effort and no longer had the balky feel.
What I did notice was that OAL started to get inconsistent. What was seating at 1.120 started getting to 1.110 to 1.115. I had to pull a few that I let the primers get low. It only took 3 hammer strokes whereas before, it took about 10 hard strokes. I can see where setback might become an issue.
All that said, I cleaned out the case feeder and started over with some non lubed cases. the first few were easy and then started getting sticky again as the lube wore off. The OALs started to be more consistent also.
I laid the case on the sides in a shallow cardboard box to apply a light spray coat of the lube.
Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

 

[glc24]

If you dry tumble,adding polish to the media pretty much attains the same results. At least for me anyway. I load .40 S&W,and my cases always have that "slippery" feel.

Greg

 

[wlkjr]

I use NuFinish in my cleaning media and the cases have a silky feel but it doesn't eliminate the balky, sticky feel. The case lube definitely eliminated that.

 

[germ]

I'm guessing that you sprayed (at least some) directly into the case mouths. Spray into an empty zip lock, then put the brass in and roll around, dump out and let well dry before using.

<edit>Don't use too much of the spray, easy does it.</edit>
<edit2>Oops! I missed your mention of spraying on the side.</edit2>

 

[Tilos]

I put some heavy weight oil on a cleaning patch, any oil, it doesn't have to be a designer case lube.
Use very little oil and work it into the patch, and put the patch in a plastic container (think CoolWhip) along with your brass, cover it and roll/flip it around for a minute and the brass will become completely coated with lube, but none will get inside.
Always works for me

edited to add:
I have found the case lube meant for a lube pad works as well in this process, along with any grease, STP, motoroil, etc.
Again, use a very small amount of any lube.