Stuck Cases? Plenty of Lube

[larry82052]

I have Reloaded for 57 years and occasionally you have a stuck case. I use Hornady’s Spray case lube and lube the necks down inside with it and make certain the cases get sprayed enough, but i got a stuck case today and i don't for the life of me understand it!!

Its 243 cases and i always clean my dies before resizing or doing any reloading just for good habit!! Am i missing something fellows? Larry Gene Pate

 

[NYDAN]

When I was having problems sizing my 7mm WSM brass with Forster dies I talked with the Customer Service rep at Forster. He told me that in nearly all of their stuck cases complaints, the customer had used the Hornady Spray Lube. I tried Forster's proprietary case lube and love it. It makes a huge difference.

There was a thread on here about a year ago about case lubes and the different lubes that people use. You might be able to find that thread.

 

[JD338]

I've used Imperial Sizing Wax for years and never had a stuck case.

JD338

 

[RL338]

Any of the sizing waxes work or a lanolin/isopropyl mix.
Hornady 1 shot is only good if you like the sound of an 16 penny nail being pulled out of an oak board. That what a case sounds like with 1 shot.

 

[larry82052]

When I was having problems sizing my 7mm WSM brass with Forster dies I talked with the Customer Service rep at Forster. He told me that in nearly all of their stuck cases complaints, the customer had used the Hornady Spray Lube. I tried Forster's proprietary case lube and love it. It makes a huge difference.

There was a thread on here about a year ago about case lubes and the different lubes that people use. You might be able to find that thread.

Great idea, i used to use the wax lubes and yes its great stuff! I will do that!! Many thanks! Larry Gene

 

[jimbires]

I never had good luck with the spray lubes . one thing they do say in the directions is to let it dry completely . I went back to a lube pad and RCBS case lube 2

 

[salmonchaser]

Imperial sizing wax for me.

 

[truck driver]

Used them all until I tried Imperial case wax and haven't had a stuck case since.
I use a custom powder funnel/case mouth expander for .45 acp in my Dillon 550B, when I expand cases that have been cleaned with steel pins and lemon shine the cases will stick in the expander, I smear a little Imperial wax on the case expander and that solves all my problems, before I would use Hornaday One Shot over the cases and they would still stick on the expander.

 

[larry82052]

Imperial sizing wax for me.

Yeah i just ordered me some Hornady Unique wax !! Back to the old way!

 

[larry82052]

Used them all until I tried Imperial case wax and haven't had a stuck case since.
I use a custom powder funnel/case mouth expander for .45 acp in my Dillon 550B, when I expand cases that have been cleaned with steel pins and lemon shine the cases will stick in the expander, I smear a little Imperial wax on the case expander and that solves all my problems, before I would use Hornaday One Shot over the cases and they would still stick on the expander.

Yeah i just order me some Unique wax myself! Back to the old way! Yhanks Larry Gene

 

[Backcast88]

Yeah i just ordered me some Hornady Unique wax !! Back to the old way!

I use the Unique also. I've stuck one case with it but it was 100% my fault. Dies were dirty, brass was dirty, and I am sure I over lubed it and got a 270 case stuck in a Redding die.

Clean dies and brass have lead to problem free loading.

That case is actually still stuck in that die. I've get it out and Redding wants $30 to get it unstuck. I bought new dies and keep the Redding if I need to seat 270 bullets for dad.

 

[larry82052]

I use the Unique also. I've stuck one case with it but it was 100% my fault. Dies were dirty, brass was dirty, and I am sure I over lubed it and got a 270 case stuck in a Redding die.

Clean dies and brass have lead to problem free loading.

That case is actually still stuck in that die. I've get it out and Redding wants $30 to get it unstuck. I bought new dies and keep the Redding if I need to seat 270 bullets for dad.

Yeah ya gotta have that set of stuck case remover cause its tying an expensive rifle up is the way i see it and your dies to, dang rifles are thru the roof on cost anymore!! Yeah at least ya have em and they wont get cheaper we know that!! Thanks, Larry Gene

 

[Charlie-NY]

My buddy is a diehard user of One Shot spray lube. Every now and then he gets one of the big Weatherby cases stuck in the sizing die. He usually sends the die back to the manufacturer for removal. The last time he sent a die back they told him to STOP using the spray lube on large cases. They recommended Imperial sizing wax. He switched to the wax and never had another case stuck.

The spray lube still seems to work well on the smaller cases.

 

[jimbires]

I got cases stuck while using spray lube . I could not get a consistent shoulder bump when using the spray lubes , even on 243 , 7mm-08 size case .

 

[RL338]

Yeah i just ordered me some Hornady Unique wax !! Back to the old way!

I been using this on my big Wby cases with no issues.

 

[larry82052]

My buddy is a diehard user of One Shot spray lube. Every now and then he gets one of the big Weatherby cases stuck in the sizing die. He usually sends the die back to the manufacturer for removal. The last time he sent a die back they told him to STOP using the spray lube on large cases. They recommended Imperial sizing wax. He switched to the wax and never had another case stuck.

The spray lube still seems to work well on the smaller cases.

Yeah i have thrown mine away and going back to the pad and Unique wax as i had good luck with that, i wanna try the imperial tho! That stuffs been around a long time!! Thanks!! Larry Gene

 

[larry82052]

I've used Imperial Sizing Wax for years and never had a stuck case.

JD338

Yeah I wanna try the Imperial wax,I have used the Unique a lot before and it was good but Imperial has been around a long time sorta like me,lol,,Thanks,Larry Gene

 

[larry82052]

Any of the sizing waxes work or a lanolin/isopropyl mix.
Hornady 1 shot is only good if you like the sound of an 16 penny nail being pulled out of an oak board. That what a case sounds like with 1 shot.

yep never had a lot of trouble before with the spray and now its a pain,going back to pad and wax!!Thanks,Larry Gene

 

[badaxeriverman]

I roll mine in the old rcbs squeeze lube stuff. If I start pushing up into my sizing die and I have any resistance, I back it right out and put more lube on. I’ve stuck two or three cases in the last few decades, and it sucks. I drilled out the last one a few months ago with my stuck case remover kit. It’s still didn’t work so I had to heat it up and tap it out. Always a nightmare. RCBS always volunteers to have me send them in and they’ll remove them for me, but I’ve never got to that point yet. I think the key is as soon as you feel more resistance than normal, backing out and don’t force it up or you’re gonna get stuck at least that’s what I do. I use to even spray WD-40 on my cases. The problem was if I had too much I started getting dents in my necks. The WD-40 and dirty residue also stayed in the die and the shell holder. I wasn’t good with cleaning and clogged up a few primers with WD-40 and grime causing a a few primer to fail to ignite so I quit using WD-40 as lube. I’m sure it would still be fine as long as I wipe all my cases off, re-tumble them, and clean my die and the primer hole inside my shell holder after using it.

 

[larry82052]

I roll mine in the old rcbs squeeze lube stuff. If I start pushing up into my sizing die and I have any resistance, I back it right out and put more lube on. I’ve stuck two or three cases in the last few decades, and it sucks. I drilled out the last one a few months ago with my stock case remover kit. It’s still didn’t work so I had to heat it up and tap it out. Always a nightmare. RCBS always volunteers to have me send them in and they’ll remove them for me, but I’ve never got to that point yet. I think the key is as soon as you feel more resistance than normal, backing out and don’t force it up or you’re gonna get stuck at least that’s what I do. I use to even spray WD-40 on my cases. The problem was if I had too much I started getting dents in my necks. It also stayed in the die and the shell holder. I wasn’t good with cleaning and clogged up a few primers with WD-40 and grime and didn’t have a few primer ignite so I quit using WD-40 as lube. I’m sure it would still be fine as long as I wipe all my cases off and re-tumble them and clean my dice in my shell holder after using it.

Great idea, yeah i ended up back on the roll pad with the wax but yeah i like your post!!