Great work and ThanX for stepping up and sharing with us re-loaders. Through your info, and other comments, I learned what I needed! It takes a village and yours is the one I'd like to settle in.

Really Neat Video. I am pleasantly surprised to see this video being nearly identical to my present practice of coating my cast bullets. A difference I discovered over experimentation is to use Denatured Alcohol for the initial degreaser, non water base. I also found that an initial preheat of 130 degrees before shaking in #5 container for adhesion and additional high gloss is very beneficial also. Addition of the plastic BBs made a difference in adhesion for me, compared to none. Standing the bullets upright makes a large difference for me also, allowing the coating to run down the bullet when baking, compared to laying on the side areas. The silicone cooking sheet is the best I found for non sticking, and submersing immediately into cold water from the baking oven, making a hardness difference for my tests. My chronographing of the bullet speeds with identical powder charges, overall lengths and bullet weights proved lesser friction and barrel wear for my use. Speeds increase an average of 85 fps to 150 ps for my 38 spcl, 9mm, 45 acp calibers. Once I began casting and coating my own bullets for target practice, I will not return to the plated or jacketed bullets.

@FLATLANDERZUNLIMITED

4 ай бұрын

I'll get Matt to respond, I have seen several videos on the subject...and Matt's got all the tools to do it. I appreciate your reply, and hope that others chime in, maybe with their own recipes.

I've been powder coating cast bullets for about 7 years now, Recommend using a food dehydrator to dry the bullets after degreasing, but it also heats the bullets up which greatly improves powder coverage. Round #5 containers work best. I have found that Powder by the pound RAL gloss colors work the best. I just throw them in a wire basket on a cookie sheet and cook about 400 bullets at a time. When they are done cooking I will place another cookie sheet over the top and slam it on the bench and shake them real good before quenching.

@madewithscraps

2 ай бұрын

I totally agree with the drying/preheating for superior adhesion. I place my degreased bullets on thee rack in my toaster oven at 140* for about 10-12 minutes, then place the bullets in powder container and shake. FOr me, this also adds extra gloss, which translates to less friction.

...oh, and yeah, the colors are kinda cool.

I'm going to be getting a firearm soon, I'm also going to be moving back to Idaho, but I'm just wondering if the only reason you paint your bullets is for fun, or if they actually make some sort of difference in the performance of the bullet when you put it back into the casing?

@FLATLANDERZUNLIMITED

5 ай бұрын

Its a pretty easy way to keep from leading the barrel of your gun...as the lead itself is pretty soft. It also allows us to skip the lubing process during reloading...and adds some hardness to the bullets. When you find yourself in Idaho, and if its close to Boise, let us know and we invite you to go shooting with us!