Thread: Making case lube

i use one third olive oil and too third isopropyl alcohol from my frothers stihl mix it up in a spay bottle works well

I use the graphite powder in a jar lid with some steel shot..dip neck in and they come out coated nicely.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I use the graphite powder in a jar lid with some steel shot..dip neck in and they come out coated nicely.

Thats what I do for neck sizing

I found that pretty messy so gone to this as an alternative.
Also with shinny shinny sparkle clean brass the dry powder doesn't stick so much

my graphite and shot mix is in a small plastic screw top container about the size of one of those tiny jam jars

Tried the home made case lube today on some 243 Ive loaded up to test accuracy on the ph of wifes. very unscientific way of making it but I used the empty dillon case lube spray bottle, put about a teaspoon of solid lanolin in and filled it up with ipa. it took quite a while for lanolin to dissolve but no worries, I'm not one of those guys that wants instant results as a lot do these days. Pleased to say worked really well and quite a lot cheaper than ready made label brand stuff.

Originally Posted by blip

Tried the home made case lube today on some 243 Ive loaded up to test accuracy on the ph of wifes. very unscientific way of making it but I used the empty dillon case lube spray bottle, put about a teaspoon of solid lanolin in and filled it up with ipa. it took quite a while for lanolin to dissolve but no worries, I'm not one of those guys that wants instant results as a lot do these days. Pleased to say worked really well and quite a lot cheaper than ready made label brand stuff.

...Bit of a waste of good Indian Pale Ale isn't it??

It's probably a better use of IPA anyway terrible tasting beer like drinking dishwater

nothing wrong with tui just cant get it in a man bun bar thats all

any lanolin spray will do

I really don't know why you would bother trying to substitute Imperial wax with some witches brew when Imperial works and is cheap.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

I really don't know why you would bother trying to substitute Imperial wax with some witches brew when Imperial works and is cheap.

Ive not used the lanolin/IPA brew on rifle cases (necked etc)
but run a bunch of .45acp through a dillon and had zero issues with the lanolin/IPA brew.

I reckon for a big loading session the wax would be far too slow???
Never used the wax so not sure how long that method takes??

Plus squeezing the lanolin out of attractive young sheep is much more fun than picking wax outta old coots ear holes.

I've never lubed a straight wall case.
And you'll get more lanolin off a old sheep than a young one, if that make a difference.

Originally Posted by TeRei

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SI hunters use a special product called lanolin. They get it at night time.

Aussies invented condoms using sheep intestines,

It was us Kiwis that removed the intestines from the sheep first……

Originally Posted by blip

Tried the home made case lube today on some 243 Ive loaded up to test accuracy on the ph of wifes. very unscientific way of making it but I used the empty dillon case lube spray bottle, put about a teaspoon of solid lanolin in and filled it up with ipa. it took quite a while for lanolin to dissolve but no worries, I'm not one of those guys that wants instant results as a lot do these days. Pleased to say worked really well and quite a lot cheaper than ready made label brand stuff.

@blip Did you use something like this?
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/andre...clear/p/337922