Thread: Dry neck lube brands and application method...

So who uses what brand of lube, how do they apply it and any tips?

I ask because I have just set up an amp press and found a couple of surprises with my first attempts.

I used redding case lube for the first 20, used a cotton bud inside the neck and around the projectile where it sits in the neck. These are the lowest 20 pressures on the attached image... but there is a huge varience in seating pressures.

So I pulled out an old container of Lyman lube I had left over and used exactly the same procedure for the next 7... they were much more consistent, but were all much higher seating pressures... I then did the final two using no lube and these were smack in the middle of the Lyman results.

The lyman lube and no lube were consistent but higher pressures, the Redding lube were inconsistant but lower seating pressures

Neck sizing and annealing was consistent across the board...

What products do others use, how is it applied and any secrets or tricks anyone care to share?