Thread: DIY case lube

Originally Posted by Driverman

Lanolin mixed with alcohol.

+1

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.

Originally Posted by Chupacabra

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.

That is why you run your cases thru your SSM before you load to clean off your lube. Try Targex's recipe. It is a real winner.Rate it highly.

When I go on a sizing mission and FL size .223 brass that's been fired in an AR I use diff oil.

I soak a kitchen sponge in it and press my fingers into it, thus putting oil on my fingers, then as I pick up each case I roll it in my fingers to lube it up, lasts about 10 cases before having to lube fingers again. When the expander gets a little dry I just push the neck of a shell into the sponge before sizing it.

Works a treat for me and never had a problem, quick to.