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hobo oil

Had a few minutes in the shop last night and decided to try Hobo oil to re-size a few pieces of brass. I chose a few pieces of Lapua brass formed into 284 Shehane. I put a small amount of HO on a cotton shotgun cleaning patch so it would be easy to apply with my gloved hand. Sizing was really smooth and easy, so I wiped off the case and did the bolt drop test with the rifle. WTH?? :confused: The bolt was tight as if the case hadn't been re-sized. Took a datum measurement and sure 'nuff the shoulder hasn't been bumped back my normal .001. Took a 2nd case and repeated the drill, same result. Took a 3rd case and lubed it with Imperial, sized it and the bolt dropped normally.
Finally, re-adjusted my die down a few degrees, and now it sizes the brass the correct amount using HO.
Feel free to come to your own conclusions as to what happened here, but my neanderthal brain says that the HO is significantly thinner that Imperial.
(No brainer there).

I going to try several methods of cleaning the residue off the brass next to see what is the fastest way to do that task.
I hope this helps,

Lloyd
 
Had a few minutes in the shop last night and decided to try Hobo oil to re-size a few pieces of brass. I chose a few pieces of Lapua brass formed into 284 Shehane. I put a small amount of HO on a cotton shotgun cleaning patch so it would be easy to apply with my gloved hand. Sizing was really smooth and easy, so I wiped off the case and did the bolt drop test with the rifle. WTH?? :confused: The bolt was tight as if the case hadn't been re-sized. Took a datum measurement and sure 'nuff the shoulder hasn't been bumped back my normal .001. Took a 2nd case and repeated the drill, same result. Took a 3rd case and lubed it with Imperial, sized it and the bolt dropped normally.
Finally, re-adjusted my die down a few degrees, and now it sizes the brass the correct amount using HO.
Feel free to come to your own conclusions as to what happened here, but my neanderthal brain says that the HO is significantly thinner that Imperial.
(No brainer there).

I going to try several methods of cleaning the residue off the brass next to see what is the fastest way to do that task.
I hope this helps,

Lloyd
this is interesting as I haven't used any for resizing yet, going to, but haven't yet. gonna be watching this one:cool:
 
I already used it for resizing brass. And just a little goes a long way. The residue that sticks to your fingers was enough to size 20 cases. None stuck in the die and sizing was a breeze.
 
I already used it for resizing brass. And just a little goes a long way. The residue that sticks to your fingers was enough to size 20 cases. None stuck in the die and sizing was a breeze.
thanks for the post's and reviews on how its working for yall :)
 
hey y'all, just ran accross something funny. on br central they are calling our hobo oil "a hot new lube, its the hummin $hits":cool:. I think its safe to say I've arrived:D. truthfully it makes me glad, ima post some on there too. thanks to everyone on here that helped get the word out, kudos to you all:). bryant
 
hey y'all, just ran accross something funny. on br central they are calling our hobo oil "a hot new lube, its the hummin $hits":cool:. I think its safe to say I've arrived:D. truthfully it makes me glad, ima post some on there too. thanks to everyone on here that helped get the word out, kudos to you all:). bryant

tell em I said hey.
 
Not shooting related but put hobo oil on my mountain bike brake cables that were running a little rough. It made a huge difference . Made the cables operate as good as new.
 
Just got my bottles. Giving gifts to my son and brother too.

I slicked up the action on one bolt gun just to try it. Works great and a pleasant smell. Thanks GT.
 

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