Hard sizing 308

['ol shooter]

I tried the One Shot and quickly switched to the lanolin/alcohol method, so much smoother. I use Imperial a lot but mostly for handgun brass, just rub some on the palm of a gloved hand and run it through a container of clean brass until a light coat is distributed.

[bigbully]

One shot works great on smaller calibers but once you get into .30 cal and up lanolin based products like unique are the way to go.

[Sailormilan2]

Is it one specific brand of brass? Or all of your brass? If it's one specific brand, then it's a brass issue. If it's all of your brass then it's a lube issue. I normally use Frankford Arsenal spray lube, and have never had an issue until recently. I picked up some brass that couldn't be sized using FA spray lube. I had to dig out my RCBS thick lube, and it was still difficult.
Now, I don't know if it was fired in an oversized chamber, or if it was the brass. I've done hundreds, if not more, military brass, and have never had anything like that.

[Greg Curci]

It was one brand of brass CAVIM 92 headstamp. I got it out and thoroughly cleaned the die, no issues since. Thank you for all the replies. I think I'm going to go with the lanolin and try it out as well.

[ar15barrels]

I think I'm going to go with the lanolin and try it out as well.

Get yourself two shoe box lids.
Throw 30-50 cases into the first one.
Spray on the alcohol/lanolin and then shake the box to spread the lube around all the cases.
Set that lid aside for 10-15 minutes.
Do the same with the 2nd lid.
After the 10-15 minutes, start sizing the cases from the first shoebox lid.
By the time you finish sizing those, the 2nd lid will be ready to size.
Refill the 1st shoebox lid and spray it down with lanolin and shake it again.
By the time you finish sizing the 2nd shoebox lid cases, the 1st will be ready again.
Repeat this until you run out of cases to size.
Having two lids makes it so you won't rush the lube process since it will take you enough time to size 30-50 cases for the lube to dry in the other shoebox lid.
Don't try to do the same thing with a plastic tray.
You want a cardboard box as your shaker tray as the cardboard sucks up the excess lube.
If you use a plastic tray or any other material that won't suck up the extra lube, you will end up with a slimy mess.

[sigstroker]

CAVIM is from South America somewhere, right? Is it all boxer primed?

Just did a search on it, found a lot of complaints of it being excessively hot.

[bohoki]

i use the greasy hand vasaline method now ,i had one shot fail me once p-jelly is cheap and my hand is silky smooth after

i also found out cotton tee shirts seem to have an affinity for vasaline i just drop them onto the back of a tee shirt and when done just rub them around on it and it comes clean

[AGGRO]

i use the greasy hand vasaline method now ,i had one shot fail me once p-jelly is cheap and my hand is silky smooth after

i also found out cotton tee shirts seem to have an affinity for vasaline i just drop them onto the back of a tee shirt and when done just rub them around on it and it comes clean

bag balm

[waawaaweenie]

It has to be the lube. When I first started reloading every post I saw on stuck cases and hard sizing dies all had one thing in common.

Hornady One Shot

Every solution said to try Imperial Sizing Die Wax

I use that and have never stuck any of the thousands of .308 I have done and I have mostly used once fired machine gun brass with some of the case mouths looking like a big mouth bass.

yes it takes longer but it works. I put on some latex gloves and smear some with one hand into the palm of the other, then grab a few cases and roll them, toss into a bucket and repeat. Maybe reload the wax on every 3-4 hand fulls and they all size great.

Learn from others mistakes. Then make some of your own.

[kris smith]

The only issues I have with one shot is when I was using it to reform cases. It?s not good for that. I use imperial for that. Otherwise only times I have had issues with it is when I don?t get a proper coating and dry time on it. I now use an old take out container that?s plastic and put a few handfuls in there and spray them down and shake it like a shake and bake powder coat method. let sit open to flash off while I trim already sized brass check primer pockets for sizing and sort out ones I don?t want in the batch. By the time that?s done they are good to go. I do have some issues with heavily corroded cases from pre 1950s that have sat for a long time. But those get sorted and turned into dummies