Thread: Dented Shoulders... Bin it?

Must have missed that episode Micky.
Heres how I lube up ..... for cases @Gibbo ...before you get excited
I get the imperial wax out and rub one finger gently across the cream, in the other hand I firmly grasp my case around the base. With the tip of my lubed up finger I touch the case just below the neck, I place my thumb against the other side and then carefully rotate the base..... dont go too fast at this stage as excitement can cause the case to become too warm.
That case is now done and gets put aside for graphiting in / outside of mouth.
I grab a second case and without relubing my finger go around it same as the first. Third case gets finger in the wax again.

If I find its too hard to resize cases ( not usually ) just slip a wee bit more on. This shows you how little the amount of lube needs to be. Its my belief that doing it this way you arent introducing too much build up into the die, as the excess lube from the first case gets utilised on the second case and so on.

For case mouth inside / outside I use a small jar 1/3 filled with lead shot and a couple of spoon fulls of powdered graphite. Before you start give the jar a shake and then just nudge the case mouth down to the shoulder ( but not to where the lube is ) give it a rotate and its now all set for sizing so in it goes to the press.
You now have to get all that shit off your cases, some people tumble again at this point. I just wipe it off with a cotton rag, as I prefer that the carbon / graphite combo remains on the internal neck wall.