Effect of Powder Coating on bullet velocity

Spindrift

Well-Known Member
Great post, Ian!
Another nice thing, powder coating requires no huge investments in equipment (like lube sizers). A bit of powder, and some Lee sizers and moulds, and you can make some very nice loads. It makes this hobby more accessible to many people.
 

Ian

Notorious member
Thanks. It's just kind of sobering to realize that of all the rabbit holes I've been down and thousands of dollars spent on this or that powder or going through literally a dozen moulds and half a dozen alloys in some cases, not to mention about five years of intense bullet lube development and and countless nights spent reading everything I could about related subjects in books or internet instead of sleeping, the one I'm in currently in uses ONE ordinary alloy, mostly cheap and widely available Lee bullet moulds, and 4-5 powders to cover all the bases for everything, including the very particular ones of 300 BLK and 458 Socom subsonic AR loads. In a way I'm back where I started. I'm just about the point of starting to unload all the stuff I don't use or need anymore, and re-invest the money in more powder, primers, and brass.