Case lube and stuck cases - darnit

[NcongruNt]

And I'm just now trying out spray lube. Hmmm ...
For years I used the Lee lube that came in a tube for most of my cases. I'd squeeze some onto an old Army brown towel, dump cases in the middle, and roll them back and forth. Worked pretty well.
For my "precision" rifle loads, I used RCBS lube on a pad. Neck size only situations got Imperial die wax.

I'm a little surprized at the issue with Lee dies. Lee's have usually been easier for me to work with when things go wrong.

I started out using the Lee lube, since that's what came with my kit. For the longest time, I didn't need it at all, since I was only loading pistol calibers on carbide dies. When I started loading rifle, I used the Lee lube, but I got tired of smearing lube one case at a time real fast when doing batches of 200 cases.

I have been using this oily-feeling spray that I picked up at Cabela's (which they no longer carry) so I could spray the entire batch at once. It works well, but it messes up the finish on anything plastic it touches. Otherwise, I've had no problems with it.

I considered the rag route with the Lee lube, but I'd hate to waste all the lube that got soaked up by the rag. Is there a trick to that?

Next on my list to try is the Hornady One Shot pump spray stuff, which claims to not mess up plastic:

http://www.hornady.com/store/Case-Lube-NH-1-Each/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Though, if I could find an efficient way to apply paste/wax type lube to my .223 cases without having to digitally smear each one by hand, I'd rather go that route. That Hornady Unique stuff does sound interesting.

[LTUME1978]

I use the spray lube and have had no issues. I got mine from Berry's. It is identical to what Dillon and others sell as far as I can tell. You need to shake until the lanolin is mixed with the alcohol. I squirt 4 shots of this stuff in an empty 1 gallon freezer bag. I then add 250 pieces of 223 brass, close the bag and shake it for about 15 seconds. That gets the lube spread around nicely. You can open the bag and let the alcohol evaporate then start sizing brass. I have never had any issues with this. Once all the brass are sized, I put them in a tumbler with crushed corn cob to clean the lanolin off the cases. I learned not to put the brass in the bag before squirting in the lube. I did that once and had some lube go down the case neck. When it got in the tumbler, a big glob of the corn cob stuck to the inside of the case. I did not notice it until I put powder in the case and saw that the level in this one case was higher than the others in the loading block.