Giving Hornady One Shot another try

[dantiff2]

I'll chime in on this one also. I have been using this for years and have never had a single issue. I've resized thousands upon thousand of cases (both pistol and rifle) and never had a single stuck case (knock on wood). I leave my dies setup in my progressive press and never need to clean them out in-between use. With rifle brass,I stand up 400 pieces at a time in cheap loading blocks, Just as JGHOGHUNTER does, I intentionally spray into the case mouths at and angle down at the shoulder so the excess goes onto the body. I don't skimp out here. To me, more is better. I've never had any dented shoulders like I did starting out 20+ years ago with lube pads. I immediately start to run the press as the carrier dries in seconds. When I do high volume pistol brass, I put several hundred in the bottom of a small bucket I have and spray liberally while shaking. I fill up my feeder tubes with brass and go to town. It makes a progressive press run super smooth! The benefit to getting it into the neck is this keeps the expander ball from pulling the shoulder back out so the shoulder bump is spot on without the hassles of the dry neck lube powders that make a helluva mess! Imperial has it's place and I still use it but only for low round count loads and that's just to save my one shot!

Dan

 

[LVLAaron]

I use oneshot depending on my mood. If the brass gets a consistent coat, and you give it time to flash / dry completely you shouldn't have any issues.

 

[Zero333]

 

[Zero333]

 

[Longtrain]

When I was a XTC competitor I used One-Shot for years and thousands upon thousands of cases. How many stuck...Zero.
I used to use a small box either cardboard or plastic, small shoe box size, and place probably 40 223 cases in the box. I would spray quickly back and forth covering the cases. I would then let that sit for a minute or so, shake the box back and forth, mixing the cases well. Another pass with the lube, again, let it sit for a couple minutes and then size away.

I stopped using One-Shot when I gave up XTC, and needed more precise sizing for SF prone games. Loading for an AR match rifle, cases were sized enough, probably some a bit more then needed, but they all feed, fired and ejected just fine.

Using One-Shot for precision sizing proved to be a guessing game on how much and how uniform you could lube the cases, as always too much lube regardless of the kind equals too much sizing. All I use now is Imperial Sizing Wax, a bit slower, then everything as we get older is a bit slower.

 

[Uncle Ed]

It's amazing what information the main page of accurateshooter.com can give you.
Even the Army uses One Shot

High-Volume Case Lubrication — Tips from the USAMU

Using a spray lube, coat the cases adequately, but not excessively, from all sides. Be sure to get some lube into the case mouths/necks, in order to reduce expander ball drag and case stretching/headspace changes. The spray lube this shop uses does not harm primers or powder, and does not require tumbling to remove after lubing.*

*A two-part test performed here involved spraying primed cases heavily, while getting more lube into the case mouth/body than even a careless handloader would likely apply. The second part of the test involved literally spraying considerable quantities of the lube directly into the cases, drenching the primers. After a several-day wait to allow the lube to penetrate the primers, they were then fired in a test barrel. All fired normally; no unusual reports were noted. This bolstered confidence that normal amounts of the lube would not adversely affect our ammunition, and we have been pleased with the results over several years.

 

[Rob01]

When I was a XTC competitor I used One-Shot for years and thousands upon thousands of cases. How many stuck...Zero.
I used to use a small box either cardboard or plastic, small shoe box size, and place probably 40 223 cases in the box. I would spray quickly back and forth covering the cases. I would then let that sit for a minute or so, shake the box back and forth, mixing the cases well. Another pass with the lube, again, let it sit for a couple minutes and then size away.

I stopped using One-Shot when I gave up XTC, and needed more precise sizing for SF prone games. Loading for an AR match rifle, cases were sized enough, probably some a bit more then needed, but they all feed, fired and ejected just fine.

Using One-Shot for precision sizing proved to be a guessing game on how much and how uniform you could lube the cases, as always too much lube regardless of the kind equals too much sizing. All I use now is Imperial Sizing Wax, a bit slower, then everything as we get older is a bit slower.

Guessing game? All I use it on is long range competition brass and no issues sizing it with one shot. Loads very accurate ammo.

 

[jonbearman]

I buy lanolin pure oil and mix with 99% percentage alcohol. I use it at 12 to 1 and shake it before spraying with a hand pump sprayer. My mix has worked very well and no stuck cases. I don't like one shot because you end up inhaling floating oil in the room air. I will stick to mine.I also do what Bozo said, redding wax for all precision reloading.

 

[SPQR70AD]

well look at it this way. if you get a can of one shot use it once don't like it you can then use it as a rust preventative which in a massive salt water spray test one shot was second best out of many lubes tested

 

[JMayo]

The black can works better than the red can with the rattle.

 

[bozo699]

Years ago I had trouble with one shot but not sticking cases it was the cans at half to 3/4 full would stop working that was about the time they come out with the black can but honestly I don’t remember which color stopped working!.... it was expensive with three kids still at home so it ticked me off after about the 4th or 5th one but just as fast as it started it stopped and always worked fine but I wasn’t a happy camper at the time!....
Wayne

 

[10at6]

Tryed them all. Since I found Ballistol spray I use nothing else.
Cleans off most of the carbon when you wipe the cases off.

 

[Down South]

Guessing game? All I use it on is long range competition brass and no issues sizing it with one shot. Loads very accurate ammo.

Same here, guess I need to stop using it now after reading that previous post you're responding to. I need to tell Peter Johns about this as well, he needs to stop using One Shot also.......

 

[jackson1]

Let me be a contrarian here. Tried I shot case lube did like it. To be fair, used it 220 Swift (Morse taper shaped case) and I stuck on pretty well. Was able to remove it. Use case lube and pad and am satisfied. We all spend our money and take our chances.

 

[sbhooper]

It is unreal how thoroughly people over-complicate things. The only One Shot case that I ever stuck, was doing the individual casing spray thing. Just put a bunch of casings in a zip loc, spray in a good spray of One Shot and shake rattle and role thoroughly. Open the bag and let the carrier evaporate for a couple of minutes and there is no problem. I have done thousands of cases this way. If you do not let the carrier evaporate, you will have more issues.

Using the bag method makes a can of spray go way farther than the individual spraying does. I just wipe the casing off with a paper towel, although, I am not sure that it is even necessary.

 

[BenPerfected]

My brass resizing & cleaning process is to use a heavy spray of One Shot Lube & full length resize & decap in one stroke. I then wash the brass in warm water with liquid dish soap & a teaspoon of Lemi Shine. I wash up to 100 pc of fully prepped brass at a time for 3 hour in a Wet Tumbler. Next I remove and mostly dry the brass on a old bath towel then throughly dry the brass in direct sunlight or in an oven. After drying, the necks are then slightly re-chamfered. Most of these steps were not my ideas, most have been learned from DJ’s Brass Service.
Ben

 

[Down South]

It is unreal how thoroughly people over-complicate things. The only One Shot case that I ever stuck, was doing the individual casing spray thing. Just put a bunch of casings in a zip loc, spray in a good spray of One Shot and shake rattle and role thoroughly. Open the bag and let the carrier evaporate for a couple of minutes and there is no problem. I have done thousands of cases this way. If you do not let the carrier evaporate, you will have more issues.

Your last sentence pretty much sums up why some guys are sticking cases in the die with One Shot. You need to wait a few minutes after spraying them etc. before sizing. If you read the directions on the back of the One Shot can it tells you exactly what to do. Most don't read the directions, I'll be the first to admit I don't most of the time.......

 

[10at6]

IMO Ballistol is a much better case lube than one shot. And you can spray lube 5x as many cases with a can.

 

[338 dude]

View attachment 1160329 View attachment 1160327 I apply One Shot at shoulder-necks line careful not to spray inside necks in the evening and resizing next morning.
One Shot works great but make sure alcohol all evaporates. Even after a few hours brass is ready for resizing.

After getting a case stuck with one shot, and looking at the cost, I will never use it again.
I now just dip my fingers into a jar of coconut oil, run the batch of cases through my fingers to coat and then off to the press. Never a stuck case and they size as easy as imperial or any other lube I have tried.
Cheap and effective. Easily wipe clean with a towel.

And they smell nice too

 

[Gun Smith]

The only problem I have ever had with One Shot was when sizing Lake City 7.62 cases that were fired in a machine gun.

The cases didn't get stuck but they let you know the brass was fired in a fat larger diameter chamber.

Amen to that! I bought 2000 once fired 7.62 years ago; guaranteed not to have been fired in an M-60. Hah! Liars. I had a few
head separations in my M1A's, and a buddy also that I gave 1000 of them too. After that, I culled out any that were hard to resize.
Problem solved. Sectioning the hard ones showed a distinct bulged thin area a little above the inside base. I made a feeler gage to reach inside the case and feel for the thin spots. Most of the hard to size cases were IMI. Junked them pronto.