Neck lube

[dbaird]

Anyone tried Ballistol to lube inside of case necks?

 

[JMayo]

Sticking powder is what i read in the similar threads below this post !

 

[Big Mc]

Anyone tried Ballistol to lube inside of case necks?

I use Mobil 1 on a Qtip. Tommy Mc

 

[SeabeeKen]

Anyone tried Ballistol to lube inside of case necks?

Mineral oil. May harm powder. I use lee lube on a qtip. Water base and wont harm powder or primer. Works great

 

[Martin52]

Try Lock-Eze on a q-tip or Redding Imperial Dry Neck lube.

 

[timeout]

Imperial dry neck lube if you must. I only find it necessary sometimes on new brass. After firing leave the carbon on the inside of the necks. Stroke a nylon brush in and out of the neck. If you are sizing the neck properly after firing there shouldn't be a need for neck lube. YMMV

 

[Bill K]

small squirt of One Shot works just fine and dries, so no harm will come to powder when it is put in, prior to bullet seating.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I think moly is the way to go myself.

 

[zipollini]

Hbn coat your bullets. No need to lube necks. Leave carbon in necks

 

[JEFFPPC]

I played with this 2 years ago. Stayed with carbon in the neck and 1 pass with a nylon brush. On a similar subject I have a statement a couple of weeks ago about necks thickening. I was told I was wrong, I knew I wasn't. So, I loaded 6 BRXs last week and saw the seating force jump from 20 - 25 to 40_45. I measured by cut .262 necks and found they had went from .00850 20 about .00852 to .00853. That was after 3 firings. Yes they do get thicker and it is the single biggest factor to increasing seating force I have found. Of course if you don't care sbout seating force it does not matter. I have found keeping this lower and consistent keeps the rifle shooting consistent also.

 

[Ccrider]

I do not think it effects impact point but graphite or moly definitely effects seating force. If I was using light neck tension, I would brush the necks and seat. Using a lube makes the bullets easier to move. With light tension and graphite you can pull the pulleys out with your fingers. I don’t think that is good.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I played with this 2 years ago. Stayed with carbon in the neck and 1 pass with a nylon brush. On a similar subject I have a statement a couple of weeks ago about necks thickening. I was told I was wrong, I knew I wasn't. So, I loaded 6 BRXs last week and saw the seating force jump from 20 - 25 to 40_45. I measured by cut .262 necks and found they had went from .00850 20 about .00852 to .00853. That was after 3 firings. Yes they do get thicker and it is the single biggest factor to increasing seating force I have found. Of course if you don't care sbout seating force it does not matter. I have found keeping this lower and consistent keeps the rifle shooting consistent also.

This is why i run them back over with my preset neck turning tool. If it cuts then you know they had to have gotten thicker (they cut at least a little bit not all the way around pretty much every firing). You cant get consistent neck tension or runout if they grow on one side every time

 

[Ccrider]

Be careful. You can open a whole nother can of worms if you are not careful to size down the entire neck all the way down to the shoulder before you re-turn the neck.

 

[Bob3700]

Dust the inside of the necks with moly.