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When I took up reloading (again) 4 years ago, I had an old RCBS case lube pad, and some lube. I still remembered with less-than-happy thoughts all that goop, the stubborn, sticky residue on the loaded rounds, etc. -So I went out, and grabbed a spray bottle of Hornady's "One Shot."
It's fussy, because if it's too wet or too dry, it doesn't do the job well. It took me a couple of stuck cases to find the "just right" answers, and I've loaded a couple thousand rifle rounds with the stuff.
But now I have to reload some ammo for the old Winchester '07. I tried the spray-on technique (lay 'em down on a paper towel, shoot one side, wait 10 minutes, shoot the second side, and wait 10 more minutes to resize). I tried the plastic bag + cases + lube thing, which works pretty well, and neither one let me resize a case.
The O.D. of the fired brass is running 0.3845 - 0.385", and the resizing die is at 0.375" O.D. I could only get 1/3 to 1/2 way down on the case before my Redding Big Boss just wouldn't push anymore - unless I wanted to risk a new die with a rimless brass lining!
SO now I have relented, and yesterday ordered a tin of Imperial Case Sizing Lube from Midway. If it works as well as I'm hearing on this blog, I'll likely just throw out what's left of the Hornady stuff.
Thanks, guys, for being an excellent source of info on all things reloading!
It's fussy, because if it's too wet or too dry, it doesn't do the job well. It took me a couple of stuck cases to find the "just right" answers, and I've loaded a couple thousand rifle rounds with the stuff.
But now I have to reload some ammo for the old Winchester '07. I tried the spray-on technique (lay 'em down on a paper towel, shoot one side, wait 10 minutes, shoot the second side, and wait 10 more minutes to resize). I tried the plastic bag + cases + lube thing, which works pretty well, and neither one let me resize a case.
The O.D. of the fired brass is running 0.3845 - 0.385", and the resizing die is at 0.375" O.D. I could only get 1/3 to 1/2 way down on the case before my Redding Big Boss just wouldn't push anymore - unless I wanted to risk a new die with a rimless brass lining!
SO now I have relented, and yesterday ordered a tin of Imperial Case Sizing Lube from Midway. If it works as well as I'm hearing on this blog, I'll likely just throw out what's left of the Hornady stuff.
Thanks, guys, for being an excellent source of info on all things reloading!