Powder Coated Bullet Article in Handloader Magazine this month

fiver

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JW I don't know.... really, they might be different and they might not.
I just tried stuff it worked and I refined it.
it works, I think it actually works a little better mixed than not mixed though.
the coat looks better and is smother.


where I can see a real benefit to P/C is in my lever guns.
I'm about 20 years ahead in my casting and have 5 gallon buckets of lubed bullets sitting under one of my reloading benches.
had I started coating sooner, I can pretty much guarantee the last lyman mold I bought would have a bucket full of P/C bullets rather than me spending most of a week lapping it out.
it does take me more time because I still run them through the sizer but about 1500 9mm's is around 3 separate runs and then a trip through the star.
easily accomplished on a Saturday afternoon.
the sizer alone? well after inspecting and loading the tubes, 1500 bullets is an hour and a half to 2 hours.
 

Brad

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http://hi-performancebulletcoatings.com
Very different from PC. It is a coating that is applied as a dilute solution in acetone. Bullets are swirled to coat then dumped onto a wire mesh to dry. Once dry they are baked at 400°F for 20 min. A second coat is then applied and baked. It goes on thinner than PC. It also does not require standing bullets for baking.
I can coat a large number of bullets in an afternoon.
Coating is thinner than PC. It is almost more of a wash than a coating compared to PC.
Bullets are easily sized after coating and baking. I have had some decent luck with the coating.
A kit that coat me 70 bucks will coat somewhere between 15 and 20 K bullets.
 

fiver

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dang it.
the good thing about hi-tek is you can add multiple coats 3 is a real nice coating but I bet you could do 4-5.
 

Brad

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No reason you couldn't?
I am beginning to see more coated bullets in the berms at the range. I think the action shooting guys like the low smoke and low grunge factors. They shoot lots in a day so less grunge to possibly tie up a gun is good.
 

waco

Springfield, Oregon
Jim. My method is to put just enough BB's in my #5 Coolwhip container to just cover the bottom. Add a teaspoon or so of powder, put the lid on and Spin both CW and CCW vigorously for 30 sec. each way and then 30 sec. real hard up and down.

Sometimes from there I just dump them into a strainer to sift out the bb's and them dump them into a basket.

Other time I'll put on the blue Nitrile gloves and pull them out and stand them on base.
 
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JWFilips

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Going Back To Hi Tech ...Strange but poly powder dissolves in acetone! Could this just be another way to apply!!!!
 

Brad

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I think a few on CB did just that. Not sure how well it worked for them.
 

Brad

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Jim, here is one of many YouTube videos on the coating.

 

fiver

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it's called the piglet method when run wet.

I have also seen the powder applied like adding graphite to buckshot in a tumbler.
I'm not a fan of rounding off the corners like that but it works.
 

Brad

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If you want to try some coated bullets let me know Jim.
 

Ian

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I tried solvent first. Poly tgic powder makes the most wonderful paint you ever saw when mixed with chlorinated brake cleaner. Problem is, getting it on the bullets in an even coat. The Piglet method gets it on there for baking, but the dry bb shake thing got me better results with a lot less mess.