Should I worry about shooting loaded 223 shells that have a little case lube left on them ? If so is there an easy way to clean it off in mass before shooting ? My Colt and Bushmaster AR's were never a problem but my manual for my Sig 556 warns against it . Thanks Mike

While I use hornady One shot on my cases and never had any problems after loading you might depending upon he lube you use. You can run the finished rounds in a tumbler with corn cob for 30 minutes to clean the lube off.

I've seen cases were brass lube wasn't removed and after a few hundred rounds during a shoot the chamber was so fouled rounds wouldn't chamber fully and when they were taken out had heavy black fouling on them. The weapon had to have the chamber cleaned before shooting was resumed.
Definately clean lube from cases by tumbling (I tumble mine for 15 to 20 minutes) or some other means.

Sounds easy enough Thanks Mike

Part of the firing sequence is the brass expanding to cling to the chamber walls for a millisecond. If there's lubricant on them, the case will not stick and will batter the bolt. Definitely clean them. You can do it with a soft rag. I started using Hornady One Shot for that very reason. I hate lubing cases.

A well-seasoned reloader of .223 suggested the following to me.

1. Lube up your brass, resize using just the resize die, tumble again until dry and shiny (or just let them dry all the way).

2. Remove resize die and load away, simply using station 1 (we all have blue 550's here) to seat the primer.

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Originally posted by Mister Joshua:
A well-seasoned reloader of .223 suggested the following to me.

1. Lube up your brass, resize using just the resize die, tumble again until dry and shiny (or just let them dry all the way).

2. Remove resize die and load away, simply using station 1 (we all have blue 550's here) to seat the primer.

Thats the way I done it for decades.
I run my ammo dry as well as the firearm inside.

IAnother great idea . I also use a RL 550B .I clean. size and prime all the 223 in one shot before I load them up ,cleaning them after sizing would be a snap . Thanks

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Originally posted by Mister Joshua:

2. Remove resize die and load away, simply using station 1 (we all have blue 550's here) to seat the primer.

I would instead recommend you use a universal depriming die in station one to insure there is no media in the flash hole.