Sticking cases in die

[HamHog55]

I am using a Lee .223 die and most of the time the case do well. However, about 1 in 50 the case sticks. I am using Hornady 1-shot case lube. I have been reloading for while. I do not under why all of a sudden the cases are sticking in the die.

 

[JD338]

I would degrease the sizing die and start using Imperial Sizing Wax

JD338

 

[truck driver]

I would degrease the sizing die and start using Imperial Sizing Wax

JD338

Plus 1, never have had a stuck case since I started using it. Use to use RCBS sizing honey and would stick cases regularly. the only thing I use a spray lubricant for is to lube the inside of the case mouths of .45acp since I use a custom powder funnel that expands the case mouths and super clean cases will stick and make for extra effort to operate the Dillon 550B.

 

[300WSM]

I am using a Lee .223 die and most of the time the case do well. However, about 1 in 50 the case sticks. I am using Hornady 1-shot case lube. I have been reloading for while. I do not under why all of a sudden the cases are sticking in the die.

I load a lot of 5.56/223
A lot!
And I use the Hornady spray....

Couple things of note...

223/5.56
It's everywhere. You can thank the AR craze but the fact remains that caliber of ammo is everywhere and lots of it.
Quality control can take a hit when that happens.
Not saying that's your problem but I've run into that.

Another possible...
I spray down the cases but I only do 25 at a time. I had sticky cases before and noticed i was trying to spray too many at once and it was getting too dry by the time I reached the end of that geoup..

Plus...more than 25 cases and what happens is the lube inside the die starts going away too much.
YOU ARE TAKING THE STRAW AND GIVING A SPRAY UP INTO THE DIE SET , RIGHT?

the other thing is clean out your die.
.take it apart and spray the inside real good with brake cleaner.

Not every time but once every 500 is fine.


any other questions ask away..

Good luck

 

[Vince]

Put 25 case in a cardboard box.
Spray them then agitate them and shake them around.
Repeat above process.
Set aside and let dry for 15 minutes.

That should solve any issues.

Vince

 

[PJGunner]

Sometimes a die just won't cooperate. I have a 30-06 sizing die by RCBS that no matter what I used for a lube, the case would stick to the point that I had to use a stuck case remover. I tried everything from soap to STP. When Imperial sizing wax came out I tried it as well. No matter, the case would stick just as sure as lemons are sour. I probably should have sent it back to RCBS but as I had a second sizing die that I got in a box of reloading stuff cheap. I just stripped the bad die and went with the other die.
These days though, I strictly stick to the Imperial wax and call it good. It flat out works.
Paul B.

 

[hunter24605]

Yep, the trick to one shot is to shake it like crazy and let them dry for a while.

 

[RL338]

Hornady 1-shot case lube and your case is shot. Lee dies aren’t the smoothest inside and any lack of lube and it’ll grab that case. A lanolin/isopropyl mix is what I on small cases.

 

[300WSM]

Put 25 case in a cardboard box.
Spray them then agitate them and shake them around.
Repeat above process.
Set aside and let dry for 15 minutes.

That should solve any issues.

Vince

I let them roll in the box and spray again.
Make sure to catch the case mouth.

But I wait 5 mins then go cat go

 

[Blkram]

"I spray down the cases but I only do 25 at a time. I had sticky cases before and noticed i was trying to spray too many at once and it was getting too dry by the time I reached the end of that group.."
"the other thing is clean out your die."

These two are key when using using Hornady 1-shot case lube.

 

[jimbires]

I tried the spray lubes , I'm back to RCBS caselube2 . the difference in effort to push the case into the sizing die was easy to tell . my cases are sized more consistent with RCBS lube too .

 

[salmonchaser]

Imperial for me. Tried Hornady didn’t care for it.

 

[Blkram]

I can't say that I don't like the Hornady One Shot...because it does work and is less messy than the old lube...I also found that spraying the cases lightly from one direction, and then turning the case to lightly spray again from the opposite direction provided better, more consistent lubrication of the entire case. This also kept cases from getting sticky in the die, as I measure each powder charge (I don't use a powder drop), and this takes a little longer, but provides more consistency in my handloads for me.
I do like the Imperial, as if you get disturbed in your reloading for any reason, the Hornady will dry out and require another spray; not an issue with the Imperial, which works very well, and is a lot cleaner to use than the old lube.

 

[Charlie-NY]

I don't know how many times I've read where someone had a stuck case. It seems like 99% of the time, Hornady One Shot was the case lube being used at the time.

On more than one occasion, my buddy got one of his Weatherby cases stuck in a Redding die. He normally sent the die back to Redding for careful removal. The last time it happened; Redding told him to STOP using One Shot on big cases. He switched to the Imperial Die Wax that I've always used and never had another stuck case.

 

[TackDriver284]

Crowding the reloading tray with cases tends to cause issues getting the spray lube to coat them well, I like to line up the cases in the tray and space them out one space across, and diagonally on the 2nd space, and so on then spray from 4 directions, one from each corner of ther tray sloping downwards at a 45 degree angle. It coats them well enough for me, I tend to leave a can of Imperial wax open just in case I feel a little less lube on a few cases. Never had any issues this way.

 

[Joec7651]

I use the thick liquid Hornady case lube on an ink pad. Roll the cases on the ink pad, case lube lasts forever, and I haven’t had a stuck case since switching to the ink pad 10-12 years ago. You can get dry ink pads on Amazon for near nothing. I roll 5-6 cases at a time. Spray lube works with the ink pads as well.

 

[Joec7651]

Now that I said that the next round I size will probably stick. Lol