Dillon Carbide .223/.308 Dies???

[m2hbvic]

Hi everyone. Has anyone out there had any experience with the Dillon carbide rifle dies for .223 and .308??? Dillon says to lube the cases before resizing, even though the dies are carbide.

I was wondering if anyone has gotten away with not lubing the brass and just running them through the carbide dies and never getting a stuck case???

Also, was wondering how much easier (less effort) it is to resize rifle brass in the Dillon carbide rifle dies???

[30Cal]

The required effort is quite a bit less. If you don't lube case, they will get stuck. Without a doubt.

[Pokey]

The required effort is quite a bit less. If you don't lube case, they will get stuck. Without a doubt.

+1, I use One Shot dry film lube, works great.

[6079Winston]

My understanding is that carbide rifle dies are supposed to last longer, such as for commercial reloading operations. Still need lube though. I learned yesterday that lubing big straight walled pistol rounds like .500 S&W makes sizing alot easier. The more you know.

[1911su16b870]

The required effort is quite a bit less. If you don't lube case, they will get stuck. Without a doubt.

+2 stuck cases are such a pain...

[grywlfbg]

I have carbide dies for both .223 and .308. The Dillon video said to lube the cases so I always have. Never had a stuck case and I pick up random range brass. Why would you want to skip this step? I use the Dillon lube and it's super easy to deal with. And then after I've loaded the cartridges I tumble them in clean corn cob for 15 mins to get the lube off. Good as new

[m2hbvic]

Thanks guys for all the info. Since they require less effort to run the case through, I guess I'll go ahead and buy those dies. Anything to make the re-sizing easier for me (had surgery on my hands 7 times for carpal tunnel/ganglion cysts/trigger finger, being a mechanic).

Why would I want to skip the case lubing step? Same reason as anyone else: To save one more step in the reloading process that is a pain in the butt.
Vic

[CSACANNONEER]

Always lube all bottlenecked brass!

[30Cal]

Redding makes a carbide expander ball. That's where you get a lot of the benefit.

[Pokey]

I have carbide dies for both .223 and .308. The Dillon video said to lube the cases so I always have. Never had a stuck case and I pick up random range brass. Why would you want to skip this step? I use the Dillon lube and it's super easy to deal with. And then after I've loaded the cartridges I tumble them in clean corn cob for 15 mins to get the lube off. Good as new

Careful tumbling loaded cartridges. I have read a couple of reports of this having undesirable/unsafe results. I'll have to look up the specifics but I think it had to do with the vibrational effects on the powder (especially stick powders). Yeah, yeah, I know....site your source, its gonna take some looking. Anyway just a heads up. That is why I use dry film lube, no stickiness.