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powder coating
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Rifle or pistol?
How to make color coated bullets (MCC) incl. recipe - YouTube
I do a similar coating myself for pistol as the link above. Once you get a system figured out its not that much work.
before going wild and getting too much involved try 1k from Bayou Bullets and see if they are to your liking
I wouldn't mind coating them but only if I weren't sizing them. I figure if I run them through the sizer I might as well use my Lyman 450 lubrasizer.
Ideally if they were for a low volume bolt rifle I would jump right in to doing it but then again from what I understand I would still have to keep them at a lower velocity. Correct me if i'm wrong.
Darn cool process from what I've watched on YouTube.
Ideally if they were for a low volume bolt rifle I would jump right in to doing it but then again from what I understand I would still have to keep them at a lower velocity. Correct me if i'm wrong.
Darn cool process from what I've watched on YouTube.
CountryBoy19
Grandmaster
To summarize the the benefits of powder-coating cast bullets in a single short forum post isn't possible, there is a thread ~70 pages long on castboolits dedicated to it.
But I will try with some of the major benefits.
A) powder coat replaces the need for lube.
B) powder coat virtually eliminates leading problems from incorrect sizing or poor alloy choices. This means you don't have to do so much work in determining what alloys work best for what gun etc.
C) The powder coat encapsulates the bullet reducing lead exposure and "lead-smoke".
D) Bullet hardness doesn't matter as much in hotter loads and you can drive your bullets faster than bare-base cast bullets (still not quite as high as you could with gas-checks.
E) You can color code your bullets for certain reasons, be it alloy, weight, style, or just because you want to.
Another interesting thing that is because discussed is low alloys of copper. It does a lot of the same things above but a slightly different properties and much easier to do (add ~.5% copper into your alloy and cast away).
FWIW, I have the whole setup for powder coating my bullets but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Just too busy...
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But I will try with some of the major benefits.
A) powder coat replaces the need for lube.
B) powder coat virtually eliminates leading problems from incorrect sizing or poor alloy choices. This means you don't have to do so much work in determining what alloys work best for what gun etc.
C) The powder coat encapsulates the bullet reducing lead exposure and "lead-smoke".
D) Bullet hardness doesn't matter as much in hotter loads and you can drive your bullets faster than bare-base cast bullets (still not quite as high as you could with gas-checks.
E) You can color code your bullets for certain reasons, be it alloy, weight, style, or just because you want to.
Another interesting thing that is because discussed is low alloys of copper. It does a lot of the same things above but a slightly different properties and much easier to do (add ~.5% copper into your alloy and cast away).
FWIW, I have the whole setup for powder coating my bullets but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Just too busy...
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