Progressive and lube, how do you remove it?

[XTR]

I currently reload 223 on my Dillon 550B with two tool heads, one to size before cleaning the other to charge the cases and seat the bullets. If you do it all in one cycle how do you get the lube off of the cases before you shoot?

 

[Pres100]

I do all of my sizing and depriming on my single stage and then clean. I then do any case trimming, chamfer debur, etc.
Lstly I run them on the dillon with a neck uniformer in station 1, powder, then seat. Sometimes a crimp die in station 4

 

[XTR]

I basically do the same thing, I body size and collet size in one tool head then I clean and hand seat primes then I charge and seat with another tool head. I was just wondering what would be a faster way if I was going to crank out a bunch of 55s for plinking.

 

[Erud]

I just use the Hornady One Shot spray lube and I don't clean it off. Never have, and I've used it exclusively for about 12 years. It's never caused a problem and I've gotten some pretty good results.

Regards,
Erik

 

[Duster_360]

I have done it all in one step starting with cleaned, fired brass. It takes a little extra time, but I use a slightly damp rag and wipe every round clean when I'm thru loading them. This also gives me a chance to be sure that every round was powdered, so it is worth the time. The solvent used depends on what resizing lube I used.

I've also read that some tumble loaded rounds in a vibratory type tumbler to clean them up, but I've never tried that.

 

[CatShooter]

Buy Dillons Carbide 223 die. and skip the lube.

Don't do it!!! You WILL stick a case.

 

[284driver]

Hornady one shot lube. No need to clean it off.

 

[284driver]

And you WILL stick a case in a carbide die with no lube. Dillon recommends lubing even with the carbide die. one shot will fill that bill nicely as well.

 

[Forum Boss]

We always recommend removing lube before firing.

 

[Geronimo Jim]

I use a spray bottle of alchol and a hand towel. Wipe each round.

 

[Pres100]

223 plinking ammo is a commodity in my reload room and I resize and prep in large lots way ahead of actual loading. By the time I am ready to reload in bulk for plinking, I have thousands of resized, deprimed, trimmed, sorted pieces of brass to choose from and load. I rarely ever go from cleaning start to finish in one session. I tend to concentrate on prep work in batches and loading in batches.
My competition loading may be different.

 

[Scott Harris]

deprime, ultra-sonic clean, one-shot lube, run it through the 550B (size/prime, mandrel, powder, seat), then wipe the case with a towel. About every 4th or 5th reload, I anneal, size, trim.

 

[amlevin]

I only use lube when I send my .223 brass through my XL650 for de-priming, sizing/trimming, and expanding.

From there the brass goes into the cleaning process and is boxed up in large quantities for future loading.

When ready to load I don't need to size so no lube required. Just like working with brand new brass.

(I use stainless Steel Pin media so even the insides of the cases are clean. Looks exactly like new brass).

 

[stubbicatt]

The only times I ever stuck a case was with One Shot. -Just sayin'

I have found that the Lee toothpaste tube lube mixed with 90% Iso alcohol in a one cup atomizer bottle from WalMart, and squirted into a ziplock bag works great as a lube. Squirt maybe 5 or 6 squirts into the bag, add a handful of brass, zip it up, roll it around on my fingertips, and then empty it out on an old screen to dry... The Iso evaporates very quickly. Add more brass, and repeat as necessary. You can see the cases with the lube on them. You can do several thousand at a sitting. The lubed cases if stored in a dust free environment will not corrode or anything, and you can pull them out several days or weeks or even years later, as needed and start sizing right away. --I use ammo cans for this purpose.

This method leaves a really thin layer of lube behind, and a little in the case necks, so that the expander ball doesn't drag. Powder doesn't stick in the necks either. Just run it on through unless you need to trim. If it is brass I've prepped properly before firing the last time, I use a RCBS X die in station 1, and when all finished, wipe down the cases with a water moistened microfiber towel from AutoZone.

If you are daring, you can tumble your loaded cases for say 10 minutes in pet store bird cage corn cob media, and voila. CAUTION: Some folks will tell you tumbling loaded cartridges is dangerous. Do so at your own risk.

 

[284driver]

I stuck a case with one shot once. My fault though. Didn't let it dry after I sprayed the cases. First one pulled the rim off. Got to let it dry a few minutes.

 

[amlevin]

If you are daring, you can tumble your loaded cases for say 10 minutes in pet store bird cage corn cob media, and voila. CAUTION: Some folks will tell you tumbling loaded cartridges is dangerous. Do so at your own risk.

I'm still waiting for someone to post pictures of a round that was set off by tumbling.

All I've ever seen are posts of "everyone tells me not too" or "I know a guy who blew up a rifle because of tumbling loaded ammo". So far nothing that would rise to the level of "evidence".

 

[stubbicatt]

If you are daring, you can tumble your loaded cases for say 10 minutes in pet store bird cage corn cob media, and voila. CAUTION: Some folks will tell you tumbling loaded cartridges is dangerous. Do so at your own risk.

I'm still waiting for someone to post pictures of a round that was set off by tumbling.

All I've ever seen are posts of "everyone tells me not too" or "I know a guy who blew up a rifle because of tumbling loaded ammo". So far nothing that would rise to the level of "evidence".

I've been doing it for years, and have never had an issue. I have compared 308 cartridges tumbled after loading to cartridges I merely wiped down, and shot both in a barrel with a pressure kit on it, and over chronograph, and they all shot the same. There was no unusual pressure reading and no velocity spike or anything that would indicate that the powder had been crumbled or something while tumbling. I have concluded the practice is safe FOR MY USES.

Nonetheless, I feel it would be negligent of me to not offer the warning so that readers can make up their own minds.

Regards,
Stubb

 

[dabibbee]

I also use a Dillon Progressive loader and have had a stuck case with One Shot. By the way, I sent the case back to Dillon and they replaced it, good people. Went back to Lyman case wax and a pad, I spray an old hand towel with water & detergent that removes grease: Dawn, Amway LOC, and wipe each case while I watch the news of the day, sooo depressing.

 

[jonbearman]

I just wipe them with alcohol and done.It doesnt take that long,besides isnt that what kids and wives are for,cleaning up the mess.LOL