Hornady One Shot...

[watab kid]

11 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Probably one of the worse choice you could make.  Ballistol is oil.  Oil and primers and power do not play well together.

thats interesting , i was told it was not , ill clean them before i go further 

[Erasmus]

You can find the MSDS for Ballistol here. 

 

The aerosol is white mineral oil, propane, and isohexane (propellants); the liquid is 60% white mineral oil and 10% proprietary petroleum distillate. 

 

Edit to add: reading the MSDS it turns out Ballistol is one of maybe 6 things on the planet that doesn't cause cancer in California. 

Edited August 1 by Erasmus

[Thunder Creek Kid]

Been using it for years. Especially like it in bottle neck rifle cases. Standing in the 50 round loading block I spray down on about a 45 degree angle so some goes inside the case mouth. Makes for less drag on expander and less case stretch. 

[Uriah, SASS # 53822]

19 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

I hate it when a manufacturer uses the same name for different products.  Jeep has the Cherokee and Grand Cherokee.  Ruger, the Vaquero and New Vaquero.  One of the worse was Hodgdon with Clays, Universal Clays and International Clays.  Hornady has done the same thing with One Shot.  They have one for case lube and one for gun lube.  In this thread are talking about the one on the left in the Red can.  Not the one on the right in the Black can.  For lubing cases Red good, black bad.

 

Larsen, thank you for clearing this up. I have the BLACK CAN at and have use it for case lube on occasion with mixed results. Bottleneck cases, hard to pull out of the resizing die.

 

Uriah

[Griff]

23 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

I hate it when a manufacturer uses the same name for different products.  Jeep has the Cherokee and Grand Cherokee.  Ruger, the Vaquero and New Vaquero.  One of the worse was Hodgdon with Clays, Universal Clays and International Clays.  Hornady has done the same thing with One Shot.  They have one for case lube and one for gun lube.  In this thread are talking about the one on the left in the Red can.  Not the one on the right in the Black can.  For lubing cases Red good, black bad.

 

They do the same with their liquid concentrate sonic case cleaner & their firearms cleaner

[G W Wade]

I make my own by mixing 1 part Lanolin to 8 or 9 parts 90% isopropyl     Put it in an old Dillon pump spray bottle.     Lanolin available on Amazon        GW

 

[Badlands Bob #61228]

On 8/1/2024 at 7:52 PM, G W Wade said:

I make my own by mixing 1 part Lanolin to 8 or 9 parts 90% isopropyl     Put it in an old Dillon pump spray bottle.     Lanolin available on Amazon        GW

 

Try to find the 99% isopropyl alcohol.  The 90% contains 10% water and that is something you don't want in your cases.  The alcohol is just used to dilute the liquid lanolin and flashes off very quickly after sprayed on the cases  I had to order the 99% Isopropyl off Amazon because the local drug stores don't carry it.  

 

I put about 150-200 empty 38 cases inside a gallon freezer bag and spray into the bag.  Then mix the cases up inside the plastic bag and maybe spray once more.  It keeps the lanolin inside the plastic freezer bag and not all over my workbench.   

[Eyesa Horg]

42 minutes ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said:

Try to find the 99% isopropyl alcohol.  The 90% contains 10% water and that is something you don't want in your cases.  The alcohol is just used to dilute the liquid lanolin and flashes off very quickly after sprayed on the cases  I had to order the 99% Isopropyl off Amazon because the local drug stores don't carry it.  

 

I put about 150-200 empty 38 cases inside a gallon freezer bag and spray into the bag.  Then mix the cases up inside the plastic bag and maybe spray once more.  It keeps the lanolin inside the plastic freezer bag and not all over my workbench.   

HEET in the red bottle is about 99% and about a buck a bottle. Ooopsy, now about 3 bucks!

Edited August 3 by Eyesa Horg

[Snakebite]

I use one shot. It works great. Every once in a while I squirt some up into the sizing die. wait a minute and go some more. It stops any and all galling. Some have lamented the cost being a reason for moving to something else. The cost is not even significant compared to the other items used in reloading. Just take a bite of your $15 hamburger and then spray a little One shot on your b@$$ and go. 😁

Edited August 3 by Snakebite

[Idaho Gunslinger]

Well... I've been using thus stuff for several years now. On high powered rifle in non-carbide dies in a progressive press. So far no issues. 

[Sedalia Dave]

12 minutes ago, Idaho Gunslinger said:

Well... I've been using thus stuff for several years now. On high powered rifle in non-carbide dies in a progressive press. So far no issues. 

 

That is the Gun lube.  Case lube is in a RED can.

 

 

 

Edited August 3 by Sedalia Dave

[Idaho Gunslinger]

4 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

That is the Gun lube.  Case lube is in a RED can.

 

 

 

Yep. When I saw Larsen's post on page 1 with the red can I thought, "wait a second I don't think my can is red". Sure enough it's not. Still seems to work find though. I guess I should source a red can and try it out. 

 

What exactly is the difference between the 2?

[Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life]

The case lube has </= 1 % petroleum distillate

The Gun cleaner/dry lube has </= 15% petroleum distillate

per the Hornady MSDS

Regards

    

Gateway Kid

[Dapper Dave]

I've been using One Shot for years, but I am a very small volume reloader. I hate trimming rifle brass, so I do it in small batches. Maybe 30 at a time. So I stand them up and spray all sides, let dry, decap/resize, trim, chamfer, prime, then stash in the baggie. Every single time I hit the reloading room I do some rifle brass, no matter what I am actually loading.  I've had no issues with the stuff over the years. At one time I was using it to lube cast bullets, but when I started powder coating, that ended.