Hornady one shot lube and primer pockets

[ShaunW]

I know there is debate on cleaning primer pockets and I wanted to be part of the crowd that doesn't clean them. I used Hornady One shot lube to resize 22CM brass. I used a freezer bag to hold brass and spray lube into which really saturated the cases. Well after sizing the brass I looked at the primer pockets and now it has wet lube ignition scum. I was afraid this would cause ignition issues which isn't worth it to me. Has anyone else run into this?

I ended up cleaning the primer pockets which I hate. I had also considered throwing them back into corn media to clean out lube but I didn't want to bang up necks. While overthinking everything I wondered if I tumbled after FL sizing in media would it cause the mandrel step to be gritty?

Please spell out advice as I realize I'm way overthinking things but I also didn't want crappy ignition so I figured it was important.
Thanks
Shaun

 

[Fast14riot]

I've deliberately sprayed primer pockets with One Shot on 5.56 brass that had been swaged, lol!

I don't tumble clean my brass anymore, so the step of cleaning pockets doesn't take any more time.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

I use a bag also, a short spray and toss, followed by a second spray and toss. Dump into a clean cardboard flat to flash dry. I haven't had primer pockets get wet and dirty. Usually I have cleaned the brass as I'm shooting suppressed.

 

[RegionRat]

Well after sizing the brass I looked at the primer pockets and now it has wet lube ignition scum. I was afraid this would cause ignition issues which isn't worth it to me. Has anyone else run into this?

I'm not sure how much Hornaday One Shot you are spraying, but before you are sizing the HOS should have flashed dry.
I'm not sure what steps you have done prior to applying the HOS. If you are really abbreviating steps, have you thought about waiting to remove the primer and let the sizing die do that job so your pocket isn't exposed during lube?

If you aren't interested in cleaning the primer pockets, then why not wait to remove the primer so that the lube doesn't have direct access?

 

[madmixerman]

I put my cases in an old 13x9 baking pan. Spray the cases and jiggle them around ,give them a another little spray. Nothing in primer pockets.

 

[drop_point]

It wont' affect anything and the liquid will evaporate if you give it some time.

 

[ShaunW]

I'm not sure how much Hornaday One Shot you are spraying, but before you are sizing the HOS should have flashed dry.
I'm not sure what steps you have done prior to applying the HOS. If you are really abbreviating steps, have you thought about waiting to remove the primer and let the sizing die do that job so your pocket isn't exposed during lube?

If you aren't interested in cleaning the primer pockets, then why not wait to remove the primer so that the lube doesn't have direct access?

Great points. I probably sprayed way too much.
Steps before. Deprimed, tumbled in corn cob media (mainly to clean outside necks), Annealed, spayed and fl sized, then went down the rabbit hole of nast primer pockets so cleaned them which still left a little residue. Then came to the forum.

Takeaway is most likely way too much lube and wait to deprime while resizing. Thanks regionrat

I had got a 6.5 PRC case stuck a while ago which has caused me to over spray.

 

[drop_point]

You're probably more likely to get a case stuck or dented from over-spraying. #1 cause of sticking with One Shot is not letting it dry or using dies that have another kind of lube in them. Clean those dies before changing lube types.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

You're probably more likely to get a case stuck or dented from over-spraying. #1 cause of sticking with One Shot is not letting it dry or using dies that have another kind of lube in them. Clean those dies before changing lube types.

I clean and lube the die with one shot, let it dry.

 

[ShaunW]

You're probably more likely to get a case stuck or dented from over-spraying. #1 cause of sticking with One Shot is not letting it dry or using dies that have another kind of lube in them. Clean those dies before changing lube types.

Yes I’ve always made sure of completely cleaning dies and then only using HOS. that’s a great heads up. I think what happened is this was early PRC days and the brass work hardened with clickers and a die not sizing base enough. When I went to remove the rim broke off and therefore stuck.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012732777?pid=198318
This has been great for me and you can apply it where you want it.

 

[ShaunW]

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012732777?pid=198318
This has been great for me and you can apply it where you want it.

Great to know. I wasn’t aware of it.

 

[mgunderson]

Absolutely no issue sizing brass and then throwing it in the media tumbler. Rice, corncob, pecan shells none of this will give you a gritty mandrel feeling.

 

[miles13]

Why not use a loading block to hold your brass while spraying the lube, then none gets in the primer pocket.

 

[lb-ft]

If you think you might get a case stuck, one shot is not your friend.

If I’m resizing pick up brass, it’s Royal spray case lube, never a stuck case.

One Shot is what I use after it’s been fired in my chamber.

Best of luck to you.

 

[ShaunW]

Why not use a loading block to hold your brass while spraying the lube, then none gets in the primer pocket.

That has been my go to way of doing it. I saw Fclass John use the freezer bag and after trying it I feel it gets better coverage but at the expense of the primer pocket. I will try again BUT with primer in until I FL size and see what happens. If I still have problems then I’ll go back to loading blocks. I also need to use less lube when I use the bag method.

 

[ShaunW]

If you think you might get a case stuck, one shot is not your friend.

If I’m resizing pick up brass, it’s Royal spray case lube, never a stuck case.

One Shot is what I use after it’s been fired in my chamber.

Best of luck to you.

Hmmm I’ve never heard of Royals spray. I’ll check into it. Otherwise I’ve had great luck with HOS.

 

[ShaunW]

Absolutely no issue sizing brass and then throwing it in the media tumbler. Rice, corncob, pecan shells none of this will give you a gritty mandrel feeling.

Great info and was hoping someone had experience with this scenario.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I'm not sure how much Hornaday One Shot you are spraying, but before you are sizing the HOS should have flashed dry.
I'm not sure what steps you have done prior to applying the HOS. If you are really abbreviating steps, have you thought about waiting to remove the primer and let the sizing die do that job so your pocket isn't exposed during lube?

If you aren't interested in cleaning the primer pockets, then why not wait to remove the primer so that the lube doesn't have direct access?

I'm not sure why I'd lube my cases AFTER I had deprimed them, but I size and deprime in one step because I too try to minimize the number of ops in loading. I clean pockets maybe every 6-8 firings or so. Just a twist, not enough to remove much metal at all. You can tell when they need cleaned by watching the buildup and how the primer seats. Not a biggie IME

 

[AndrewB]

I use a 6 liter ultra sonic from amazon at about $100 with brass magic. I use distilled water with the brass magic as I don't want water spots. Use a Frankford arsenal dehydrator to dry the brass. Sounds like a lot but I can do 100-200 at a time and most of the time is machine running and I dont have to dig corncob out of flash holes or cases. Seems to be less involvement than tumbling and better results. FWIW, YMMV, JUST FYI, IMHO, Any other abbreviation that fits

let it heat up first and then run the brass for about 20 minutes. Swish them around in a bucket of water. Drop it in the drier and walk away. Watch some Yellowstone. Nothing left in the primer pocket to clean (which I would not do anyway - I am lazy and I can't tell the diff on the target)

I use HOS but don't nearly douse the brass. Cardboard box with the inside edges taped so brass doesn't get under the flaps - brass is flat, quick spray, shake and quick spray, rock and roll

Since I load for Pdogs on a Dillon 650 about 500 pieces in an afternoon, I spray about 150 at a time - if it goes too long, it dries out