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    DIY case lube

    Has anyone posted this before? Homemade Firearm Related Products

    Lots of other ideas too , what do you think ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0117UuXiSS4

    What do you guys use, pro's and con's

    Water based, rust your dies- that's about all I've come up with so far
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    wd 40 cheap works good
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    Synthetic engine oil 5W30 is what I'm using.
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    1st choice - hornady unique
    2nd choice - imperial sizing die wax

    tub of the hornady stuff is less than $ 10 and will do thousands of cases...
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    For something so cheap to buy in the first place I don't know why you would want to even try. After a couple of stuck cases it will look fairly cheap to buy an off the shelf product.
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    the lee stuff in the tube is apparently water based as well. I have no problems with it or rust. and cheap as!
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    for neck sizing, I'm using massiveattack's idea. Some graphite powder in a tub of lead shot. Brilliant, and dry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
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    Tonigt I improved this by putting the lid from a can of fly spray on now the lube sprays out
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    Quote Originally Posted by scottrods View Post
    for neck sizing, I'm using massiveattack's idea. Some graphite powder in a tub of lead shot. Brilliant, and dry.
    I have been looking and been well side tracked, do you have a link to that or a clue to what the thread may have been
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    What so you mean. Bought graphite powder from mitre ten. Key cutting section. Mixed it with content of a dozen #4s in a plastic jar. U dip the neck in as far as the . shoulder

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    Tap off the excess and resize.

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    Cheers for that
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    Lanolin mixed with alcohol.
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    Mostly use Hornady but also this one time at band camp...

    Made up some 50/50 Beeswax Vaseline when I was mucking around with cast bullets and paper patching. Added a bit of the red carnauba wax off some expensive cheese and if you think that stuff makes your car shiny, it makes your barrel like a mirror.

    Patroleum products are supposed to root your powder so probably shouldn't use Vaseline.
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