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RE: Best brass for Shiloh - Lumpy Grits - 12-11-2015
Get the spray case lube from Dillon, and your never use anything else.
https://www.dillonprecision.com/content/p/9/pid/23666/catid/8/Dillon_Case_Lube__8_oz__Bottle_
Gary
RE: Best brass for Shiloh - laowho - 12-11-2015
Yeah Lumpy,
Done 50 outa a hundred so far and have turned this One Shot into bona fide 2+ Shot. Outa the 50, 10 will not go. Just finished gettin a stuck case outa the die. Never again. All new brass 4 me from here on. Will get the Dillon fer sure. Thanks
RE: Best brass for Shiloh - Lumpy Grits - 12-11-2015
When you spray the case with 1 shot. Wait a few minutes for the carrier to evap.
The Dillon is a far better lube.
You don't need new cases!..............
After you size the case. Measure the OAL to be sure it didn't stretch pass chamber length.
Gary
RE: Best brass for Shiloh - laowho - 12-11-2015
Thanks Lumpy, Everyone,
Well, final tally was 100% success rate, but about 10 needed 1 shot, 20 needed 3-4 sprays, 40 needed 2-3, and the other 20 needed 5+
That last 1/2" was a bugger. Lookin forward to the Dillon. Won't need it for some time but I'll be glad to have it on hand. Thanks, Doug
RE: Best brass for Shiloh - Nuclearcricket - 12-11-2015
When you get your Dillon case lube, give you sizing die a good scrub with alcohol or actone to get all the old lube out of it and then give it a couple of good sprays up inside with the Dillon lube and let it dry. From that point on you shouldn't have any problems sizing your cases. Now there is a small chance that you will get some dents on a few of the cases but that just happens with a little too much lube. Once you work out just how much or how little lube you need it should be smooth sailing with the sizing die.
I have gone through several bottles of the Dillon lube and am currently using the Frankfort Arsonel lube I picked up from Midway, it seems to be the same stuff. It even works well for sizing .308 cases that have been run through my M1A and those rifles have a large chamber by design.
Sam
RE: Best brass for Shiloh - Nuclearcricket - 12-11-2015
As a P.S., if anyone ever wonders about the strength of Dillon products, I have a Dillon 450 press and when I first got it I wondered about the strength of the shell plate. Well let me tell you there is nothing lacking strength wise with that plate, It will rip the head off of a 06 case slicker than snot on a glass door knob. Yea I had to pull a little harder but the case failed and the shell plate didn't.
Sam
RE: Best brass for Shiloh - laowho - 12-11-2015
Will Do Nuke,
And yeah, in the one case that stuck the brass base just sheared. Lesson (s) learned.