Plastic coated lead bullets
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Rottweiler
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Yes, many of them.
Less fouling than cast/wax lubed. What fouling there is is plastic that cleans up easily with an acetone soaked patch
Accuracy? about the same, probably better than I can shoot.
Velocities? haven't tried to get them going any faster than the cast/waxed.
Less fouling than cast/wax lubed. What fouling there is is plastic that cleans up easily with an acetone soaked patch
Accuracy? about the same, probably better than I can shoot.
Velocities? haven't tried to get them going any faster than the cast/waxed.
I am not sure what you mean by "Plastic coated...". I switched from using my home cast, NRA Alox lubed bullets to powder coated about to one and 1/2 years ago. I shoot 72 rounds a day, every day including Sundays...once and a while, 144 rounds. The most remarkable result of using powder coated over grease lube is there is no longer any "sludge" (a mixture of the grease and carbon), build-up inside my revolver (I mainly shoot a K38, although I use powder coating in my autos also), which requires frequently cleaning. If you want to learn more about powder coating go here: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/forumdisplay.php?184-Coatings-and-Alternatives
You might find this article of interest:
https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2017/3/7/coated-bullets-the-future-of-lead-bullets-for-handloaders/
https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2017/3/7/coated-bullets-the-future-of-lead-bullets-for-handloaders/
Jim Watson
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"A couple of years?"
Where has the good Dr Miller been while Bayou Bullets developed the Hi Tek market?
Not to mention pre-Hi Tek coaters like Precision, Bear, Ranger, and the first I saw, Bull X.
Where has the good Dr Miller been while Bayou Bullets developed the Hi Tek market?
Not to mention pre-Hi Tek coaters like Precision, Bear, Ranger, and the first I saw, Bull X.
Well at first I was hesitant to make the investment in that I "REALLY NEEDED' more stuff around the shop. Then one weekend we were out cleaning the garage and found a nice little toaster oven sitting on a shelf unused. We had gotten it as a gift quite a time ago and just shoved it out there and forgot all about it.
After that and a bottle of the Harbor Freight Red, I was in business. Another fellow on this forum is mainly responsible for all of it, ( thats my story and I'm sticking to it.)
He just kept on and on about it and posting up picture after picture of this and that bullet colored one or another color.
So after biting the bullet so to speak I now use them on a fairly regular basis for some bullets. Some I just as soon lube using the conventional way.
Yes it does keep things cleaner in the most used pistols I shoot, and for my hunting loads in my revolvers I get a touch more velocity out of them. Will I switch over completely I doubt it as I hate sitting there standing all those bullets up one at a time, and when I tried just dumping them out like some do I didn't like the end result. As for buying them, heck no I'm far too cheap for that. I could use that money for something like powder or another mold that I also REALLY need.
After that and a bottle of the Harbor Freight Red, I was in business. Another fellow on this forum is mainly responsible for all of it, ( thats my story and I'm sticking to it.)
He just kept on and on about it and posting up picture after picture of this and that bullet colored one or another color.
So after biting the bullet so to speak I now use them on a fairly regular basis for some bullets. Some I just as soon lube using the conventional way.
Yes it does keep things cleaner in the most used pistols I shoot, and for my hunting loads in my revolvers I get a touch more velocity out of them. Will I switch over completely I doubt it as I hate sitting there standing all those bullets up one at a time, and when I tried just dumping them out like some do I didn't like the end result. As for buying them, heck no I'm far too cheap for that. I could use that money for something like powder or another mold that I also REALLY need.