Progressive reloading of rifle calibers

[kuduman]

What kind of alcohol is to be used with lanolin: isopropyl or denatured ethanol?

Thanks.

won't matter. Usually isopropyl; it's cheaper. But... if you're going to be breathing the fumes, ethanol is less harmful.

 

[Control for Smilers]

I fully prep all my brass before I load. de-cap, swage, primer pocket uniform, flash hole uniform, anneal, resize, trim....debur in and out. wet tumble.

 

[palmettomoon]

won't matter. Usually isopropyl; it's cheaper. But... if you're going to be breathing the fumes, ethanol is less harmful.

Buy the 99% for faster evaporation.

 

[C ountry]

I never cared much if my brass was so shiny as long as I can get it loaded before dark & shoot it all up. Every Day. For many years. Looking back I hate that I wasted so many primers and so much powder. We're gonna have to turn out so many bullets so fast and needing primers all the time.

 

[moosensquirrel]

Where does one get lanolin other than on the internet?

Thanks.

 

[deathbeforehonor]

I think if you got some hand towels and rubbed down some sheep and wrung out the oil.. that'd be the cheapest method.. I got my bottle of "Liquid Gold" from Amazon, it was the cheapest price per Oz. I could find at the time. Lanolin is used in all sorts of stuff, (mainly topical ointmemts) but your best bet would be a "Natural Health" store. A "Herb Shop" by me had some for twice the price. When I run out I'm switching to a 1 gal jug of RCBS Case Lube II, cheaper, and way less sticky when mixed 1:10 or even 1:11 with Alcohol.

 

[Kman]

I use a press just for case prep. I lube first, then de-cap, resize and ream the primer pocket on the press. Eventually I’ll have a trimmer on the press, but I’m waiting on trim dies. So for now I have to use an Arsenal case prep center to trim, champfer and de-burr. Then I clean the lube off the cases and hand prime. .223 and .300 blackout are loaded with a powder dropper on the press and bullet seating. Larger calibers I hand measure powder digitally and with a balance scale for tighter tolerances, then seat on the press.