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Topic: Oil the casings

Posted By: Brusnier
Subject: Oil the casings
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 11:27am

I have seen references to oiling the casing for the round. Is this necessary or helpful?

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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 2:43pm

Are you talking aboot reloading or shooting?

Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 4:01pm

Only for proofing the round. NOTHING ELSE.

Its a way of forcing the locking lugs to take the full force of the firing shock. commonly known as a "Blue

pill" NOT something to do routinely.

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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)

Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: August 20 2024 at 6:26pm

Definitely not recommended to ever oil the cartridge case, or leave oil in the chamber. Doing so will overload the bolt locking lugs and will eventually cause them to fail.

Lubricant used during resizing of cartridge cases should also be removed before firing. I do this by wiping each case with a paper towel and tumbling the cases after sizing and trimming to length.

Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: August 21 2024 at 3:48am

There were a few machine guns invented that required the use of a cartridge oiler, the Schwarzlose and the Japanese Type 3 Taisho come to mind but it was an evolutionary dead end.

Posted By: Brusnier
Date Posted: August 21 2024 at 5:41am

Thank you, that is exactly what I was needing to know.