Brass lube technique

skyfish

I'm looking at purchasing a progressive loader. I'll be reloading 40sw and 9mm, but also 223rem and 308. Now I assume that takes away the the case feeder option. Do you just use Hornady one shot on say 100 cases then feed them. Ideas, I've never used a progressive press. Just would like to know what you all do?

I've reloaded with a single stage for years, just want to do more shooting.

HandgunHTR52

For doing bottleneck cases in a progressive, I use either Hornady One-Shot or RCBS spray. Either will work. Just remember that a little goes a long way! Once they are all loaded, I take them out of the hopper and wipe them off before putting them in the boxes.

BHAVIN

I use Dillon spray lube for my 223. I spray a cookie tray full of brass and then spray a nylon brush and run it into the neck on some cases so that about every 5th case is lubed inside the neck. I load thousands of 223 a year on my Dillon 550 and have never stuck a case. Use CARBIDE dies with your pistol cases and you won't need to lube. On 308 cases I lube the outside the same but lube the inside of every neck just in case. If you buy a Dillon 550 you can get a case feeder that will work for the pistol brass but will not work for rifle brass. I would suggest if you want to use a case feeder to go with the Dillon 650 the case feeder will work for both rifle and pistol cases and is much faster.

jonk

Hornady 1 shot or Lee's lube both truly dry and don't leave a sticky lanolin mess to remove... so any you get in the inside of the case will, if dry when loaded, not contaminate the round. The mess on the outside can then be removed by hand or by case tumbling.

e8gm

A method I used years ago to reload bottle neck cases on a Dillon was to first lube them with One Shot then size them on a single stage press. This alowed me to clean the primer pockets and trim to length if necessary. I then removed the sizing die from the Dillon tool head. I would then just use the first station to seat the primer and the other stations would be used as intended. Loaded thousands of rounds of 308 to use in competition this way.