What’s the best case lube? Mine isn’t cutting it for Lee APP

[Targa]

Hornady Oneshot works great for me.

[richhodg66]

I have been using Mink Oil from the shoe section of Wal Mart the past several years works better than anything else I've used.

[str8wal]

unique

[xiholdtruex]

I personally use lee case resizing lube. A tiny almond size dab and 200 cases in a container and shake and it coats all the cases in a light haze of it. Have not had any issues with this method

[GarrettP1]

WD-40. Everybody has some. Just need to drop cases into soapy water after sizing, and rinse.
Very convenient for 100 to 1,000 cases; probably a lot of trouble for 10 cases.

[dverna]

I have had good results with Imperial Sizing wax for bottleneck cases.

[MostlyLeverGuns]

I like Hornady Unique, works on the machine gun fired 7.62x 51 in an RCBS Ultra Small Base Die ( only use it on machine gun .308). A tub does thousands of cases, I just wipe my finger across the lube and turn the case in my fingers.

[Blanket]

I use Dillon cut 50% with alcohol for volume and imperial for all else

[mdi]

I had a bit of trouble finding case lube in the stores around me in the early '80s. I was shopping in a Walgreens and noticed a jar of Mink Oil Boot Dressing Cream in the shoe polish dept. and grabbed one. I have used MOBD cream since on every cartridge I've sized with not one stuck case, even the "machine gun fired" 7.62x51 I purchased as "once fired". Easy to apply, easy to remove, inexpensive, and good on my old mechanic's hands. I have also experimented with a bunch of different formula and the alcohol/lanolin and Pledge spray also worked OK, but I found the Mink Oil Dressing was just a bit better...

[robg]

been using the rcbs lube for 40 years never had a stuck case,yet.

[pworley1]

KIWI CONDITIONING OIL Paste LEATHER conditioner is the best thing I have tried.

[pastera]

+1 for this mix. I had to get my pharmacy to order the 99% alcohol but it works.

Isoheet - no need to go to the pharmacy
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[Jsm180]

12 oz isoheet and 2 oz lanolin is what I use, but after sticking one in the APP I won't use it for sizing. Walmart has isoheet for $2. STP works just as well but is too messy for me.

[TCFAN]

For general case sizing I use Hornady Oneshot spray. For heavy duty sizing or case forming the Mink oil boot dressing has worked for me for years.

[yancey]

+1 for this mix. I had to get my pharmacy to order the 99% alcohol but it works.

I was having issues with stuck 556 cases until i started using this mix. Great stuff !!!!!!!!

[Burnt Fingers]

12 oz isoheet and 2 oz lanolin is what I use, but after sticking one in the APP I won't use it for sizing. Walmart has isoheet for $2. STP works just as well but is too messy for me.

Were you using the Xpress shell holder???

I'm asking because I've NEVER stuck a case with lanolin.

[porthos]

once i used imperial sizing wax; there was no need to try anything else. why on earth would anyone use marvel mystery oil. you can use motor oil too; but, that dosen't mean its good for the job of case resizing.

[Jsm180]

Were you using the Xpress shell holder???

I'm asking because I've NEVER stuck a case with lanolin.

Yes, Lee says don't use the APP for sizing because the shell holders don't give enough support and I proved them right. I prefer the rock chucker for sizing, although the APP does ok with 9mm sizing. I think 223/556/300aac are pushing the limit on the xpress shell holder.

[mdi]

Just about every post says something like "I've used XXX case lube for 22 years and never stuck a case", XXX being every case lube used today. Which leads me to believe proper application, amount, and method will work with nearly every method of lubing cases...

[roysha]

Plain old STP. Cheap and a little goes a long way.