Yah? Maybe that depends on caliber? I dunno, and I've been out of it for some years. But I was reloading weekly I had carbide dies, and then I was doing lots (thousands) of .357 and some .270 and .45 and I never bothered with case lube. Not once. Maybe there's other calibers where it is more critical?
I'm perfectly willing to be wrong. It happens to me more and more often nowadays.
straight neck cases you can pro’ly get away with... in my experience, you eventually run into pro’lems with bottlenecks...I’m only one guy, but I’ve loaded a helluva lot of pistol and rifle ammo over the years... and seen alot of other fellas (and my own) screw-ups...