Case lube for pistol ?

#1 · December 20, 2014, 6:12 am

Anyone use Dillon case lube when using Dillon carbide dies and loading pistol cases on a Dillon 1050 ?

Benefits and drawbacks to lubing pistol cases when using carbide dies ?

#2 · December 31, 2014, 8:11 pm

The benefits are significant - much less force needed to size the cases and it makes the whole loading process smoother. Use Hornady One Shot aerosol spray lube, it's a dry film lube and its optional to clean the lube off the loaded cartridge. If you use DCL you'll definitely need to clean off the cartridges after loading.

#3 · January 2, 2015, 5:17 pm

We lube everything. It greatly reduces the effort needed to load, and gives you a higher hourly output.

#4 · January 28, 2015, 5:32 pm

I also lube everything. After completion, just tumble the finished ammo for 10 minutes to get the lube off.

#5 · March 2, 2015, 2:27 am

Every time I refill the primer tube I take a q tip that has some motor mica on it and hit the mouth of the sizing die.

It helps.

#6 · June 8, 2015, 6:10 pm

just a light shot of DCL makes the op much smoother, and smoother is nearly always better...