10-17-2021, 12:53 AM
(10-16-2021, 11:01 PM)Bill Wrote: Damn those case dont look real good, do you know anyone else shooting 6mm ARC ? maybe try and borrow some diesLanolin is messy, but it's cheap. I started doing it at the height of the lockdowns when all the shelves were barren. All the powder, projectiles and primers in the world aren't worth anything if you can't size brass! I think it costs me 15% of what One Shot costs and that was buying a dozen pints of isopropyl during the sanitizing craze. I cut the shirt sleeve at the shoulder seam and then put the wrist cuff above my elbow so my hand is in the sleeve's bicep area. I run the ram like that and wipe each shoulder before putting it in the press - handle brass with the left hand and wipe and run the ram with the right - no build up and no shoulder bumps. Only adds a few minutes to a batch and then a minute or two to clean up the press. My brass then always goes into the ultrasonic cleaner anyways to clean the primer pockets, and then it gets a vibratory tumble with a 2/1 mix of corn cob media and rice. I just finished off a 25 lb sack of rice I got on eBay for $14 shipped when corn cob was hard to find.
Im not a fan of Lanolin as it pretty messy if it build up in the die you can put bumps in the shoulder. Your Iso/lanolin mix is interesting, Id be using One shot spray which gets the job done
I only use Nickel brass in my BLR358 and its super slick on feeding and extraction, also easy to resize.
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