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I'm new to this and can't seem to find anyone asking the same question. Maybe its because it doesnt matter.

I noticed that Barnes bullets look dirty compared to other bullets I have bought. My question is if it matters and if so if I should clean them before loading them.

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Pics so you can know what I mean.
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Is there foreign material on them? Soil, paper, glue, melted plastic, flakes of lead, corrosion products, anything like that?

Or is the jacket material simply not bright and shiney?
 
BattleRife said:
Is there foreign material on them? Soil, paper, glue, melted plastic, flakes of lead, corrosion products, anything like that?

Or is the jacket material simply not bright and shiney?
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Seems to be the jacket material that's just not bright and shiny (lol, this reminded me of that movie Bubble boy).
It feels like a thin film of carbon fouling and it can be rubbed off with my fingers.
 
Bullets go through a final tumble to polish. Yours may have missed the treatment.

If you buy match bullets by the ton (about 40,000) you can ask for them not to be polished. This means there is no media inside the hollow points.

Are you after performance or good looks?
 
Ganderite said:
Bullets go through a final tumble to polish. Yours may have missed the treatment.

If you buy match bullets by the ton (about 40,000) you can ask for them not to be polished. This means there is no media inside the hollow points.

Are you after performance or good looks?
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Well, me being new to this I did not know if having dirty bullets affected anything. I noticed they looked different than the others (as noted on the picture) including the bullets in factory loaded ammunition (the ones I own ofc, idk if there's factory ammo that comes dirty).

So far the answers on this thread seem to suggest that it would make no difference.

That's all, I was just curious.
 
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uWotM8 said:
It feels like a thin film of carbon fouling and it can be rubbed off with my fingers.
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If there is something there you can feel I would try to clean it off. Run a trial with a few bullets to see what kind of cleaner works best (soap, alcohol, petroleum distillate), then put them all in a dampened sock and roll it around for a minute. That will often get everything off pretty easily.
 
Bullet copper will age about the same as copper pipe in your house. Its surface oxidizes after a few years, and doesn't look as shiny any more. Your bullets have had no real change to dimensions, accuracy, friction, or effect on barrel wear. If they were green and pitted, I'd be concerned, but what you show is just the effect of time, exposure to air, and a slightly humid storage condition.
 
Longwalker said:
Bullet copper will age about the same as copper pipe in your house. Its surface oxidizes after a few years, and doesn't look as shiny any more. Your bullets have had no real change to dimensions, accuracy, friction, or effect on barrel wear. If they were green and pitted, I'd be concerned, but what you show is just the effect of time, exposure to air, and a slightly humid storage condition.
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Wouldn't that affect the little recessed belts on the middle as well? unless the manufacturing process changed the surface in a significant way.
 
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BattleRife said:
If there is something there you can feel I would try to clean it off. Run a trial with a few bullets to see what kind of cleaner works best (soap, alcohol, petroleum distillate), then put them all in a dampened sock and roll it around for a minute. That will often get everything off pretty easily.
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thanks for the tip!
 
looks like a issue with being tarnished with age.

personally I would just load them and shoot it. but I'm not one of those F-Class shooter. It may make a difference if you are talking about aerodynamics at long distance.
 
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