will resized cases stick in resizer die?

STEVE M · June 11, 2007, 05:24 PM

If I have already resized my cases and run them thru the die again (after

removing the lube) will they still get stuck? (Just thinking about ways to

clean the lube off).

steve4102 · June 11, 2007, 05:54 PM

yup.

STEVE M · June 11, 2007, 05:58 PM

Thanks, I was afraid of that.

Smokey Joe · June 11, 2007, 07:47 PM

Steve M--

Quote:

(Just thinking about ways to clean the lube off).

Easiest way to do that, with which I have experience, is to put the now-sized cases into your tumbler with corncob medium and tumble for an hour or so. I was warned that de-lubing cases in a tumbler would gunk up the medium, but have not found this to be the case.

I used to clean each case with an alcohol-soaked rag after sizing. (The alcohol would evaporate more completely and quickly than water.) It worked, but what a hassle!!

Now while I'm cleaning lube off cases, I'm also doing something else at the same time!

Slamfire · June 11, 2007, 08:34 PM

Yup. They will stick. Its all due to springback.

Wild Bill Bucks · June 13, 2007, 01:28 PM

I use a spray lubricant that dries instantly for sizing and loading. I can't remember the name of the stuff right off the top of my head, and I'm not at home where I can go look, but I'm sure any place that sells loading supplies can show it to you. I have been using it for years and have never stuck a round in the sizer yet(Knock on wood). The spray does not contaminate the powder so there is no need for clean up of the lube. A simple wipe with a dry rag over a loaded round, and the round is ready for storage or use.

Crosshair · June 13, 2007, 02:28 PM

I use the RCBS spray lube. Great stuff. Put the cases in a plastic box, spray, shake, spray, shake, spray, size cases.

BigJimP · June 13, 2007, 06:09 PM

I think you may get a few of them sticking - so I would make sure there is some lube on them when you run them thru the press - and I think your press will just work (easier and more fluidly ).

I use the Dillon spray lube - and let it dry for 15 min or so before I dump the lubed cases into the case feeder. I don't wipe them down - I just run them thru the press with lube on them. When I dump the finished cartridges out of the holding box on the back of the press - I dump them onto a cheap "hotel" terrycloth towel. Then I just push them around - and take 8 or ten in the palm of my hand and roll them around on the towel to remove the excess lube before I run each round thru a case-gague and then box them up. It takes very little time to clean them up before I box them up.

Cpl Nobbs · June 13, 2007, 06:40 PM

what calibers are you loading for? straight necks work well without lube with carbide dies, and 30-06 springfield and Hornaday One Shot do not play well together

Tanzer · June 13, 2007, 11:43 PM

Re-lube, Quickly wipe each one, load them, then put the finished rounds in the tumbler for 15 minutes. They'll come out great and you won't harm the rounds.

Evil Dog · June 14, 2007, 09:21 AM

Carbide dies are the only way to go if available in the caliber you are reloading.

amamnn · June 16, 2007, 06:57 PM

Brake parts cleaner will do a good job of cleaning the dies.

June 11, 2007, 05:24 PM	#1
STEVE M Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 1999 Location: TN. USA Posts: 607	will resized cases stick in resizer die? If I have already resized my cases and run them thru the die again (after removing the lube) will they still get stuck? (Just thinking about ways to clean the lube off). __________________ MOLON LABE! I've joined the 300.

June 11, 2007, 05:58 PM	#3
STEVE M Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 1999 Location: TN. USA Posts: 607	Thanks, I was afraid of that. __________________ MOLON LABE! I've joined the 300.

June 13, 2007, 02:28 PM	#7
Crosshair Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 5,333	I use the RCBS spray lube. Great stuff. Put the cases in a plastic box, spray, shake, spray, shake, spray, size cases. __________________ I don't carry a gun to go looking for trouble, I carry a gun in case trouble finds me.

June 13, 2007, 11:43 PM	#10
Tanzer Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2007 Posts: 884	Re-lube, Quickly wipe each one, load them, then put the finished rounds in the tumbler for 15 minutes. They'll come out great and you won't harm the rounds. __________________ Only the ignorant find ignorance to be bliss. Only those of us who know better will suffer from it.

June 14, 2007, 09:21 AM	#11
Evil Dog Member Join Date: April 30, 2007 Location: So Cal Desert Posts: 88	Carbide dies are the only way to go if available in the caliber you are reloading. __________________ Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well-armed lamb contesting that vote. - Benjamin Franklin (1759)

June 11, 2007, 05:54 PM	#2
steve4102 Senior Member Join Date: December 23, 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,952	yup.

June 11, 2007, 08:34 PM	#5
Slamfire Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2007 Posts: 5,261	Yup. They will stick. Its all due to springback.

June 13, 2007, 01:28 PM	#6
Wild Bill Bucks Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2005 Location: Southeastern Oklahoma, Next door to Sasquatch Posts: 1,266	I use a spray lubricant that dries instantly for sizing and loading. I can't remember the name of the stuff right off the top of my head, and I'm not at home where I can go look, but I'm sure any place that sells loading supplies can show it to you. I have been using it for years and have never stuck a round in the sizer yet(Knock on wood). The spray does not contaminate the powder so there is no need for clean up of the lube. A simple wipe with a dry rag over a loaded round, and the round is ready for storage or use.

June 13, 2007, 06:09 PM	#8
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	I think you may get a few of them sticking - so I would make sure there is some lube on them when you run them thru the press - and I think your press will just work (easier and more fluidly ). I use the Dillon spray lube - and let it dry for 15 min or so before I dump the lubed cases into the case feeder. I don't wipe them down - I just run them thru the press with lube on them. When I dump the finished cartridges out of the holding box on the back of the press - I dump them onto a cheap "hotel" terrycloth towel. Then I just push them around - and take 8 or ten in the palm of my hand and roll them around on the towel to remove the excess lube before I run each round thru a case-gague and then box them up. It takes very little time to clean them up before I box them up.

June 13, 2007, 06:40 PM	#9
Cpl Nobbs Member Join Date: February 1, 2007 Posts: 65	what calibers are you loading for? straight necks work well without lube with carbide dies, and 30-06 springfield and Hornaday One Shot do not play well together

June 16, 2007, 06:57 PM	#12
amamnn Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2006 Location: WA, the left armpit of the USA Posts: 1,323	Brake parts cleaner will do a good job of cleaning the dies. __________________ "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal