"coated" bullets?

[BigBill]

Well back in the late 70's/80's I switched to the Carolina cast bullets with the moly coating. 89% less lead fouling. Now I'm thinking of tumbling my cast bullets with the spray moly. The bore stays cleaner.

 

[venomballistics]

Well back in the late 70's/80's I switched to the Carolina cast bullets with the moly coating. 89% less lead fouling. Now I'm thinking of tumbling my cast bullets with the spray moly. The bore stays cleaner.

nah .... hi tek and powder coat both work even better than that.

 

[fredj338]

nah .... hi tek and powder coat both work even better than that.

Very few people are using moly coated bullets anymore. For handgun, coated or PC is the new fad. Will it last, probably. It doesn't seem to have the downside that moly had, bore conditioning.

 

[venomballistics]

Very few people are using moly coated bullets anymore. For handgun, coated or PC is the new fad. Will it last, probably. It doesn't seem to have the downside that moly had, bore conditioning.

it has that vibe of the automobile when it was a fad.
this one has a good chance of evolving into a standard.

 

[bedbugbilly]

All I've ever reloaded is my own cast - tumble lubed in Alox/Paste Wax - never a problem with leading.

A few weeks ago, I purchased a new 9mm Shield. The salesman, who I've dealt with for a number of years and he shoots IDPA - asked if I had ever used any "coated"? Nope. "Well, you ought to try some of these.".

I ended up buying a box of 115 gr. "coated" .356 from snscasting. They are .356 - no lube groove. They worked great much to my surprise! Shot well in the Shield as well as my Ruger SR9.

I'll continue to use my own cast but will probably keep a box of 500 on the shelf just in case I get behind on my casting. As they say . . . "even an old dog can learn new tricks".

But I will admit that as far as the PC coated go . . I also hate the "lip stick" look. LOL

 

[fredj338]

There are several outfits selling powders for coating. Most are glossy, but some are flat, metal colors are also available. Most newb into PC, like me, will go with HF red, it's cheap & works. Then go out & find a color you like. There are even copper colors, so you can pretend you are shooting expensive jacketed bullets.
http://www.eastwood.com/hotcoat-powder-copper-vein.html

 

[venomballistics]

There are several outfits selling powders for coating. Most are glossy, but some are flat, metal colors are also available. Most newb into PC, like me, will go with HF red, it's cheap & works. Then go out & find a color you like. There are even copper colors, so you can pretend you are shooting expensive jacketed bullets.
Hotcoat Powder Copper Vein

There are neon colors too if you want something of a tracer effect.

 

[karrrhu3]

I started casting and coating this summer. Had PC not been invented, I probably wouldn't have taken the leap.

 

[mooosie]

I soak my bullets in bacon grease for obvious reasons[emoji2]