Can you remove Molly

[stefofthenorth]

I had a quick question my father and I bought a bunch of .375 bullets that are coated in Molly Lube. Does any one know is there a way to remove the Molly from the Bullet ? I have never used bullets with Molly lube on them.
Stefan

 

[pmt]

I had a quick question my father and I bought a bunch of .375 bullets that are coated in Molly Lube. Does any one know is there a way to remove the Molly from the Bullet ? I have never used bullets with Molly lube on them.
Stefan

Send them through a barrel at high speed...

 

[beltfed]

Tumbling them in corncob or walnut is the best method I've used.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Wipe down with alcohol should clean them up..

 

[bearhunter]

Just go ahead and shoot them. The thing is, you don't mention what you call a bunch.

One thing, you will need to resight your rifle for them. They do react differently and change the harmonics. They will also leave a thin coat of moly in your bores.

I went through the whole moly coat thing for a couple of years and found it didn't live up to claims of needing less cleaning and retaining accuracy longer between cleanings. Alcohol immersion or varsol immersion will loosen it. Even boiling water will loosen it as the only thing that causes it to adhere to the bullets is the Carnuba wax that is applied after the the moly is tumbled on.

Unless you got those bullets very cheap, they will mostly just be a pain in the butt.

 

[BCRider]

Oops.... move on, nothing to see here. I though they were already loaded in casings.

 

[stefofthenorth]

Just go ahead and shoot them. The thing is, you don't mention what you call a bunch.

One thing, you will need to resight your rifle for them. They do react differently and change the harmonics. They will also leave a thin coat of moly in your bores.

I went through the whole moly coat thing for a couple of years and found it didn't live up to claims of needing less cleaning and retaining accuracy longer between cleanings. Alcohol immersion or varsol immersion will loosen it. Even boiling water will loosen it as the only thing that causes it to adhere to the bullets is the Carnuba wax that is applied after the the moly is tumbled on.

Unless you got those bullets very cheap, they will mostly just be a pain in the butt.

Hundreds ... I think 200 or 300 projectiles..
Thank you got your input
Stefan

 

[maynard]

Load them up and shoot them. It may take 5-10 shots for the barrel to get coated and the groups will settle in. Clean the barrel after you have fired all of them. I went over 800 rounds before cleaning and still won matches.

 

[calgarycanada]

I have cleaned them with alcohol or brake clean and then tumble in corncob-walnut mix for couple hours. They came out clean, maybe not as shiny as new Bergers but they shoot the same.

 

[scout]

Wet stainless steel tumbling media in a rotary tumbler is the best best method I've used, second best is corn cob in a vibratory tumbler.

 

[Lionel]

I'm not the chemist my neighbour is, nor do I shoot moly bullets, but I remember him saying that he used acetone to get rid of moly fouling in his barrels.

 

[Magellann]

I doubt you can remove it completely,
I'd just use them as they are.

 

[royce]

I'm in the process right now on removing moly from some 6.5 sierra. I stuffed all of them into a glass jar and filled with acetone. Apparently the acetone does not remove the moly like I thought it would. After removing them from the jar and letting the acetone evaporate, I use my cordless drill and some extra fine steel wool, the moly is removed, via spin action. It actually comes off quite quick. Now I'm back to what looks like the real thing. I started with a box of 500. Just a little time consuming, but they do come clean.