interesting findings

[treeman]

I ran across a couple of findings lately that I thought the guys on here would find interesting.
several years ago I used hornady unique case lube. it smelled bad and was real thick didn't care for it. Recently I ran out of imperial sizing die wax which works real good and I like. I couldn't find any here in town and I hate to pay shipping for such a small item so I bought some hornady unique thinking I would thin it down with a little mineral spirits. well to my surprise it didn't smell bad and was a lot thinner than it used to be... goodbye imperial.
Another thing that I found was a redding sizing die for 300 WSM that put any where from .003-.007" runout on sized casses looking at the expander button it is cylindrical about .4" where it expands the case neck. I took it and chucked it in the lathe and stoned the first half that goes into the neck tapered just a few thousandths and now the runout on sized casses is less than .002. it even straightened casses that had already been sized. just wanted to share my findings.

treeman

 

[Shynloco]

bought some hornady unique thinking I would thin it down with a little mineral spirits. well to my surprise it didn't smell bad and was a lot thinner than it used to be... goodbye imperial.
treeman

Really not surprising. A lot of folks, especially some of the F/TR guys make their own lube using the lanoline mix which makes for far better lube than does Imperial Sizing Wax which lacks viscosity. I use RCBS Lube 2 on the tough jobs and Imperial sizing wax on the regular easier stuff. I've never had a case get stuck in any die with the RCBS Lube 2, but have had my share with the Imperial Sizing Wax. Still use both only out of convenience. But if you are going to resize casing fired in another chamber (especially the larger calibers) or even have to use a Small Base Die, I'd strongly recommend using the RCBS 2 Lube to save yourself a lot of grief in possible stuck cases. Works for me!

Alex

 

[M-61]

bought some hornady unique thinking I would thin it down with a little mineral spirits. well to my surprise it didn't smell bad and was a lot thinner than it used to be... goodbye imperial.
treeman

Really not surprising. A lot of folks, especially some of the F/TR guys make their own lube using the lanoline mix which makes for far better lube than does Imperial Sizing Wax which lacks viscosity. I use RCBS Lube 2 on the tough jobs and Imperial sizing wax on the regular easier stuff. I've never had a case get stuck in any die with the RCBS Lube 2, but have had my share with the Imperial Sizing Wax. Still use both only out of convenience. But if you are going to resize casing fired in another chamber (especially the larger calibers) or even have to use a Small Base Die, I'd strongly recommend using the RCBS 2 Lube to save yourself a lot of grief in possible stuck cases. Works for me!

Alex

+1 on the RCBS2 lube. Never had a problem