A New Powder color

Brad

Brad

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I have 2, a white aluminum and a dark grey. I use the grey the most.
I want to get some clear but have held off so far. I have enough powder to coat another 5-10 K bullets so I am good for now.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
I'm getting about 10-12K bullets per pound of powder using shake'n'bake with 25g airsoft BBs. The only waste is the teaspoon or so I toss out with the lead and gas check dust when I clean the container every 15-20 batches, works out to about 5% waste.
 
Spindrift

Spindrift

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Let’s see;
Ford, blue (good!)
Ford, light blue (good!)
Kawasaki green (good!)
Signal red (quite good)

Chrysler orange (no good on it’s own, must be mixed with the good ones)
White gloss (coat/ float characteristics like Chrysler orange)
 
L Ross

L Ross

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Michael said:
My wife and her friends keeping going on about their fabric stashes and quilt patterns, the way I figure it are not molds and PCs the male equivalent?
Firearms don't count if the wife shoots :rofl:.
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My wife was JoAnn fabrics the other day. JoAnn's constantly has discount coupons and never seems to have inventory problems. If the components for women's hobbies had the supply chains issues we face as reloaders, there'd be some serious change in this country.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Kevin Stenberg said:
CW When buying a drill for GC removal do you get one at the full dia of the bullet or a thousandth under?
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I'm not CW, nor am I as brave - I tried a twist-drill once and it gave me the willies - wanted to suck the mould up the drill.

I found a chucking reamer on eBay pretty cheap which cut .3594" for my NOE 360-180 WFN, which gives me a bit over .360" as cast on the rear/driving band. One pass through the sizing die and it's all the same. I noticed on my Arsenal moulds, that when I request a slightly larger diameter, the rear band is bigger than the others and it has worked beautifully.

While we're talking about machining aluminum, I'll share a tip my dad shared with me for use on aluminum. He was a tool & die maker for 40 years and was capable of some amazing stuff. He told me to load the flutes of a drill or reamer with Crisco (any shortening) and it will trap chips which might otherwise get drug along the cut surface and make it ugly, or worse - get between the drill or reamer and the side of the hole and make the hole bigger than you wanted. It also serves as a lube. On a straight-flute reamer, the chips aren't carried up and out, so the Crisco works nicely for the minimal, slow hand-work that I do.
 
Rockydoc

Rockydoc

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CWLONGSHOT said:
A friend of mine got this powder about a month ago and said that it coated really well. It flowed really well and a produced really, really nice looking finish.

So I ordered a pound and it came in yesterday. Today was warm enough that I was able to try it out.

COLOR ME IMPRESSED!!

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It produces a finish as good lookin as the chrome on a '57 chevy bumper!!!


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WOW WOW WOW. COAT's and looks incredible. I did need to lightly lube these bullets to run thru the sizer. They offered the most resistance I have ever experienced. But once a light lube sized 100% nor
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CW
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Is the company “Carolina Coatings” or “Columbia Coatings “?
I found several Carolina Coatings but none that sold PC powder. I found Columbia Coatings that had chroma chrome powder. Is that the one?
 
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popper

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Anybody shot the chrome yet? When your copper 'cloth' gets bumps/ridges from PC, gently scrape it off with a popsickle stick or something. PC comes off real well and it still works. I'm still using a used one from her kitchen, works fine.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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Rockydoc said:
Is the company “Carolina Coatings” or “Columbia Coatings “?
I found several Carolina Coatings but none that sold PC powder. I found Columbia Coatings that had chroma chrome powder. Is that the one?
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Its Columbia. My apologies for the confusion.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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popper said:
Anybody shot the chrome yet? When your copper 'cloth' gets bumps/ridges from PC, gently scrape it off with a popsickle stick or something. PC comes off real well and it still works. I'm still using a used one from her kitchen, works fine.
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I shot it today. Haven't cleaned the gun yet.

I also didnt shoot it on paper. There was a group on the pistol range and I wasnt gonna break up there "fun". So I only had steel on my range. This load shot about 12" high from sight on revolver.

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Range day with Chroma Chrome powdercoat

Using my Ruger Bisley 45 Colt and a LEE 452-300 I removed the GC from in top of 7g Unique. This is too hot for a Colt but fine in my Black Hawk.
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Needs another trip on paper to see.

CW
 
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CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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I haven't measured to know. But Id say it is on the thicker side. I dont always save a bullet from each pot. (I should to test how hard)

Ill try to remember next time.

CW
 
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STIHL

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Brad said:
I have 2, a white aluminum and a dark grey. I use the grey the most.
I want to get some clear but have held off so far. I have enough powder to coat another 5-10 K bullets so I am good for now.
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You won’t be disappointed with the clear. It coats really, really nice. I love it on checked bullets.
 
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