Visit the SWFA.com site to check out our current specials. |
case lubrication |
Post Reply | Page <123> |
Author | |
pyro6999
Optics Retard OT TITAN Joined: December/22/2006 Location: North Dakota Status: Offline Points: 22034 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
yes i debur and chamfer both but it still happends, i will have to look into a vld thanks for the tip
|
|
They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
|
Oregunner
Optics GrassHopper Joined: March/02/2008 Location: Central Oregon Status: Offline Points: 2 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Tri-Flow works.
|
|
Oregunner
|
|
cheaptrick
MODERATOR Joined: September/27/2004 Location: South Carolina Status: Offline Points: 20844 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I use a K&M Mandrel (Case Neck Expander) for new cases or if I need to expand the case neck for any reason.
I had a bad time with expander buttons leaving me with excessive run out. Got tired of fighting them.
If I have to FLS a spent case, I use a Lee Decapping Die and a RCBS FL die with no spindle or expander button. Little more work, but this system saves my case mouth from getting tore up.
The K&M Chamfer tool kicks ass too!! I highly recommend it.
|
|
Dolphin
Optics Master Joined: October/05/2006 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I use the Lyman deburring and chamfer tool that is rechargeable and it is great also. Comes with a lot of different size mandrels. I will have to try the Q tip thing. Although I have only had one problem with getting the thingy stuck and it was with a Hornady die set.
|
|
Bigdaddy0381
MODERATOR Georgia peach Joined: February/27/2007 Location: Georgia Status: Offline Points: 13682 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
After I size, trim, debur chamfer (sp) I thro them back in the tumbler for about an hours or so to get the oil off. Plus it makes them shiny again with no finger prints.I use latex gloves when useing powder so no prints are on the cases. They may not shoot but boy do they look good. lmao
|
|
P&Z Firearms , Pro gun cleanings and gun repair and wood refinishing.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 |
|
Dale Clifford
Optics Jedi Knight Joined: July/04/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5087 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
one thing on cleaning cases after lubing, either do it consistently or don't do it at all, The amount of friction and case adhesion is significantly different in both cases. Usually just a light wipe down will do, but do what ever the same. each case each time. One trick I use on autos is leaving the light film, which allows a significant difference in case extraction.
|
|
8shots
Optics Jedi Knight Lord Of The Flies Joined: March/14/2007 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
We have a household cooking product called Spray and Cook. It contains Teflon. It is used to spray on cooking and baking utensils to prevent food sticking to the pan etc. Engineers build a bridge across a gorge in Knysa. The bridge was built from one end on skids and pushed along as it was lengthened. At a point it got stuck. Some bright spark suggested Spray and Cook. Well it worked and the bridged was pushed along.
I use the same product on my cases and dies. I put all my cases in a shell holder and spray them all round and slightly into the mouth. Then I squirt a little into the die. They slip in and out of the die like a ...well.... you get the picture! The only thing is you have to rinse the cases and the dies with thinners afterwards, as the Spray and Cook hardens after a while (as in a week) to allmost a shellac. Also clean your work surface afterwards.
|
|
RONK
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: April/05/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3199 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
We have something like that in the States. It is called PAM. I don't think it contains Teflon, though. Anybody lube cases with PAM?
|
|
sakomato
Optics Master Joined: February/28/2008 Location: Houston Status: Offline Points: 1166 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Still use the RCBS lube and roll 'em on the pad. Just use very little. Never had a stuck case. Had the same bottle of case lube for years now.
Like cheaptrick I got rid of the expander ball too. Use the Lee Collet Neck Sizer and reduce your runout significantly and no lube inside the neck.
|
|
Guns only have 2 enemies, rust and politicians
|
|
CWPINST
Optics Apprentice Joined: August/01/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 113 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I have found several better options than the old pad routine. The first, for high volume loading is Hornady's One Shot and an old shoe box. Lay the cases in the shoe box until the bottom is about 2/3 full (with enough room for the cases to roll around on the bottom). Spray the cases in the box for about 2 seconds then shake for about 5 seconds. Repeat twice and you are done. You can lube about 40-50 .308 cases in less than a minute.........depending on your shoe size!! Learned this one on AR-15.com.
Next is to use Imperial sizing wax applied with fingers. This stuff is great. Not as fast as the shoe box trick, but it is perfect for loading just a few rounds. Much better than the greasy crap on the pad. |
|
If it ain't accurate at long distance, the fact that it is flat shooting is irrelevant.
|
|
Bigdaddy0381
MODERATOR Georgia peach Joined: February/27/2007 Location: Georgia Status: Offline Points: 13682 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I have used lucas oil stabilizer. it worked better than anything I have tryed. It dosen't take much at all and goes along ways.
|
|
P&Z Firearms , Pro gun cleanings and gun repair and wood refinishing.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 |
|
BeltFed
Optics Retard Joined: February/12/2008 Location: Ky Status: Offline Points: 22284 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Dillon case lube, by their directions. I believe it's lanolin and alcohol. I use either the Dillon or Pacific carbide neck expander for the necks; works great.
|
|
Life's concerns should be about the 120lb pack your trying to get to the top of the mountain, and not the rock in your boot.
|
|
VN350X10
Optics GrassHopper Joined: April/13/2008 Location: McHenry, IL Status: Offline Points: 26 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Crane Cam Super Lube.
It's an additive used for breaking in a new camshaft, added to engine oil during first fire up.
A fantastic hi-pressure lube, I use it for heavy case forming operations. Needs to be removed after use. Messy, sticky, smelly, lots of sulfer smell. Works great thou.
Will probably use Imperial wax next time, avoid the cleanup step.
uncle albert
|
|
My gun safe is LARGER than my first appartment !
|
|
AWS
Optics GrassHopper Joined: April/05/2008 Status: Offline Points: 42 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I've been using MOTOR MEDIC on a Q-tip inside and outside the neck for forming 204 cases up tp .22, .24 and .25. I just bought some Imperial Sizing Wax, will give it a try.
AWS
|
|
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
|
|
8shots
Optics Jedi Knight Lord Of The Flies Joined: March/14/2007 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
When I first started reloading and I was even more stupid then I am today, I used NOTHING!!!
I did not know that case lube had to be applied. My younger brother helped me. We could not understand why the job was so difficult. We virtually pulled and ripped the press and table apart!
Man, looking back, the folly of the ignorant.....!!!
|
|
Longhunter
Optics Journeyman Joined: February/02/2006 Status: Offline Points: 466 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Interesting set of comments.
I use nickel-plated cases and Lee collet dies. A simple wipe down with WD-40 cleans the cases, and no further lube is needed at any stage of the reloading process.
|
|
Dolphin
Optics Master Joined: October/05/2006 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Stupid question. I have the imperical case wax I find it easiest to use by lubricating the die about every 5 or so cases. Applying it to the cases is messy and uses more that what is needed. How do you guys use the imperial case wax?
|
|
Dolphin
Optics Master Joined: October/05/2006 Location: North Carolina Status: Offline Points: 1795 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Also, I may have missed this in a post, but has anyone ever tried Mobile 1 Synthetic motor oil applied to a lube pad?
Edited by Dolphin - May/23/2008 at 07:09 |
|
RifleDude
MODERATOR EVIL OPPRESSOR Joined: October/13/2006 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 16337 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I use it only for the spindle of my neck turning tool when chucked up in a drill. For full length resizing lube, I use one of the spray-on case lubes such as the RCBS spray lube. Otherwise, if I'm neck sizing only, I use a bushing die with coated carbide bushing, which requires no lube.
|
|
Ted
Money can't buy happiness... but it's much more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle. |
|
RONK
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: April/05/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3199 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I just dip the pad of my index finger and the pad of my thumb in it and roll the case in between them.
I use a Q-tip to roll a bit of it inside the neck.
|
|
Post Reply | Page <123> |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |