Powder coated bullets....
by rob 
, Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 08:15 (3389 days ago)
Have any of you experimented with powder coated cast bullets? Aside being uglier than a mud fence and not looking traditional, is there any benefit or detriment to using them? I'm not really tempted as much as I am just curious. It seems these painted bullets are all the rage these days.
Powder coated bullets....
I have a friend who has done a lot of them and is really happy with the results. He coats the bullets by shaking them in a small tub with air-soft pellets and the powder, baking in a toaster oven, then running them through a sizing die. He has done many sizes from light plinking loads for a 38 special, to heavy 45/70 hunting loads and is really enamored with the performance.
Powder coated bullets....
by rob , Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 08:40 (3389 days ago) @ Brian A
Interesting...It seams to me if its not perfectly even it might throw the bullets out of balance and also wonder if it's detrimental to barrel life. There sure are a lot of folks getting into it.
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by rob , Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 13:11 (3389 days ago) @ SIXGUNNER
He had some really good things to say about it. I'm gonna give it a try and see how it works.
Powder coated bullets....
I tried them using the Harbor freight Red and the shake method. They worked Ok in several guns but nothing special. Accuracy was slightly worse than the normally lubed bullets in My Baer, IIRC the coated bullets averaged about 2.5" and I was getting 1.5" with the same bullet lubed.
I think for casting HPs soft or shooting them in a normally cast unfriendly caliber like the 9mm would be an advantage. Whenever I get time to cast some I am going to try some in my 9mms and see if I prefer it there.
Powder coated bullets....
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Friday, August 21, 2015, 06:02 (3386 days ago) @ Jared
I've used the HF red and was unimpressed. I've read that quality powder is a whole other ball game. I have some MO bullet company coated bullets for my .300 blk. They work well. I'm going to get some 9mm's to try in the subgun. Accuracy isn't paramount in it but clean and cheap are!
Powder coated bullets....
I am sure better would be better. As would spraying it on with proper equipment. For suppressed use or in a subgun I can see an advantage to trying the more expensive routes.
For most of my uses I already have good to great cast loads using my homemade lube and don't see a huge reason to change.
Powder coated bullets....
by rob , Friday, August 21, 2015, 23:24 (3386 days ago) @ Jared
I agree...it's hard to justify setting up to try it when the moly grease and my cast bullets work so well. I thought about trying it for .38 loads but tumble lubing them in liquid alox is less work and does great for that kind of thing.