Jammed up 3 dies with Hornady one shot spray

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I usually roll my brass on a pad....

But I let myself get into a hurry due to an upcoming match... So I sprayed the heck out of 50 pieces of 30-06 brass and started to resize...

About 5 cases in,,,, I had one stick and rip off the case rim....

So I went to another set of dies and even sprayed the inside of the die.... Two cases later another one stuck and ripped off the rim....

So sizing die number three came out and after a few more it too was stuck....

My can of Hornady one-shot spray sucks....

Thinking I was going to save some time just cost me a bunch more time....
 
Do you give the cases a few minutes for the lube to dry?
Do you shake the can hard for at least two minutes before use?
I've loaded a couple thousand cases with it and never had a problem. Everything from .223 to 300RUM, including 30-06.
 
Though I've never used it, I've heard nothing but good about Hornady's lube. Maybe shake it and let it dry a few minutes, as has been said. Also, go to a collet neck sizer die whenever possible! ((:)D)))

Last year or so, I ordered a tin of Imperial Sizing Die Wax. Now, a little tiny tin like that couldn;t last long, could it? After a couple of hundred rounds of rifle brass, you could hardly tell I used any! That stuff is the original "greased lightning".

But!...I went back to my old favorite, Lee's Sizing lube. Why? Much easier to clean off the cases and works just as well. I've heard guys say one swipe with a towel cleans off the Imperial wax, but that wasn't quite my experience.
 
I just resized about 30) 30-06 cases with one shot and didn't have any problems.

I literally "hose it down" and let it dry for about 10 minutes. They resized very easily. I stuck one when I the first time I used it but discovered I wasn't putting enough on and wasn't letting it dry long enough.

I stand them up in the loading block and literally hose them down hard with it, direct blast, spray it in the mouths also, no dented shoulders and they resize easily.

With pistol brass and carbide dies it doesn't take a lot but 06 shells and the like take a lot more then "One Shot" to do the job.
 
Never had an issue with Hornady spray lube. Lay brass on cookie sheet, spray over the brass for a few seconds, shake cookie sheet to spread lube. But.....if your lube more than about 20 or 30 pieces of rifle at a time, the last few pieces are going to be hard to resize because the lube has dried.

Spray on lube isn't fool proof either, its just like sun block, reapply, reapply, reapply very very often.
 
There's a common theme with One-Shot trouble: trying to shortcut the directions. Shake-shake-shake, spray evenly and thoroughly, let dry one minute.

I've used One-Shot many times, especially these days for 357 Sig, and have never stuck a case. I do find that it leaves a mildly sticky feel and hazy look to the cases (as the product description says it will), but this is easily tumbled away after just a few minutes in corn cob.

I prefer to use a pad and Lyman lube for rifle brass, though I have used One-Shot for .223 without issues.
 
Did you use One-Shat Spray Lube or One-Shot cleaner. There are at least 2 different 0ne-shot products.
 
I do not like the performance of Hornady One shot in the spray can when used on bottle neck cases. It works fine for me on 30 Carbine and bottle neck handgun cases (357 SIG and 38/45 Clerke).

I have never stuck a case with it but I could see the train wreck on the horizon even after excess spraying the cases and letting them dry for a long time.

I recently have been experimenting with lanolin and alcohol and shaking cases in a plastic bag and it has been working for me. But, I have only tried it with 204 Ruger and 300 BLK at the moment.

In my opinion, the spray can Hornady One Shot is not a very efficient or a cost effective lubricant.
 
Yep, that's the only explanation.

Almost did that myself, but it didn't feel right going into the sizer die. Take a look at the spray, and what do you know?

No biggie, just went over all the brass again with the right spray and everything was honkie dory.

Now, when something goes wrong, and you just keep doing the same thing with another set of dies - you should figure its not the dies. At least, you didn't kill five or six 30-06 dies, just 3
 
The cans look the same. I stopped by Bass Pro and bought what I thought was 2 cans of lube. When I got home I realized that I had one of each. Someone apparently dropped off the can of cleaner in the reloading department. Oh well, we'll see how the cleaner works.
 
Never thought about spraying the dies with it. Where did you read or hear to do that?
 
Plain rubbing alcohol and some drops of lube on a pad are my friends. I size them soaking wet and they go easily and I see no dents at all. I have never gotten close to sticking any .223. Maybe my Lee die is lucky because a lot more experienced, than myself, do otherwise. The Oneshot does seem to give people problems
 
I use spray lube with great results, just not one shot. If any of you folks that like it want some, I won a can of it at the TX State multigun with my prize package a few weeks ago and I'll give it to you. Just cover shipping.
 
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I have never had any issues with Hornady on my .223.. in my Lee pro 1000...toss 40ish in box, spray, shake box, spray again, let sit in box for a minute, place in case tubes... start sizing away...

I also use some Synthetic motor oil on 1st case when i starter sizing... just some added insurance for me... works great.. I always tumble again to get lube off so no worries about goopy cases to load..
 
Nary a problem with thousands of cases of .223. I love it. Smells good. Wipes off easily. Overall much easier and cleaner to use.
 
I shake the can <deleted>
Then, during the process I will re-shake that sucker like a monkey with a fine banana showing off to the other chimps.

I do not get things stuck, use the RCBS dies and I load 30-06.

SHAKING WELL is a good friend of mine.
 
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"Reading (and following) the directions is your friend."

I don't care for spray lubes but not because it doesn't work fine when used correctly. Nothing works very well otherwise.
 
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