Waiting in anticipation.
Looking for some other powder coats that adhere well
- Thread starter ted_dent
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I’ve been using a two coat/bake process with a tumble mix of Harbor Freight Gloss Red and Flat Black. The first coat/bake is red only followed by a second of red and black mixed about 60/40.....maybe 70/30. Not 100% sure because I’ve been eyeballing it.
So far, so good. I really like the look and it survives the hammer test. The rifle bore is spotless too.
These are some 515 grain slugs for my .450BM Ruger Scout.
They look awesome in the Magpul AICS mags. Lots of room to seat the boolit out.
So far, so good. I really like the look and it survives the hammer test. The rifle bore is spotless too.
These are some 515 grain slugs for my .450BM Ruger Scout.
They look awesome in the Magpul AICS mags. Lots of room to seat the boolit out.
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I'm assuming you're not doing huge quantities of bullets in which case the two coat process is fine. However, I'm doing at least 500-1000 handgun bullets per batch so double coating is just way too time consuming to be practical. That's why I'm looking for powders that give near 100% coverage in one coat.
Bassmaster
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I kinda like the natural color of cast boolits....I've used the "clear" using the shake and bake method, with warmed boolits and it seems fine
I have used clear for shake & bake and it works really well although I did some testing with my Lee tumble lube double ended 38 wadcutters. I compared clear coated and conventionally lubed bullets and I found that the PC'd ones were less accurate. My theory is that because the tumble lube bullets have numerous lube grooves there is considerable variation in how much PC ends up in the grooves so there is some inconsistency in the bullets whereas the conventional lube burns off so the bullets are more consistent once they leave the barrel which increases accuracy. i could be completely wrong but I had to come up with some sort of explanation.
I would like to get a couple more good, one coat powders as I colour code my bullets and while I reload about 8 different handgun calibres, so far I have only found 3 really full coverage powders, Tool Blue, Gloss Black and Clear.
Bassmaster
CGN frequent flyer
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- WMU 48 - Whitetail country
I have used clear for shake & bake and it works really well although I did some testing with my Lee tumble lube double ended 38 wadcutters. I compared clear coated and conventionally lubed bullets and I found that the PC'd ones were less accurate. My theory is that because the tumble lube bullets have numerous lube grooves there is considerable variation in how much PC ends up in the grooves so there is some inconsistency in the bullets whereas the conventional lube burns off so the bullets are more consistent once they leave the barrel which increases accuracy. i could be completely wrong but I had to come up with some sort of explanation.
I would like to get a couple more good, one coat powders as I colour code my bullets and while I reload about 8 different handgun calibres, so far I have only found 3 really full coverage powders, Tool Blue, Gloss Black and Clear.
That explanation works for me, lol. I don't own any tumble lube design boolit molds, so I really can't comment.
I'm workin' on trying a gas check design boolit, PC coated, without the gas check. So far, so good in the 45-70
Waiting in anticipation.
Jillypop red comes out nice but seems thick.
Screaming Shocked Yellow works well seems thin.
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Bassmaster
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- WMU 48 - Whitetail country
A pro using Jollypop Red
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Very nice looking!
OK, I'm convinced.A pro using Jollypop Red
Now if I can just find a nice shake & bake green.
Take a look at this, its called yellow..but is it???
https://emeraldcoatings.com/product/screaming-shocked-yellow/
Hmmmm. Interesting.
Definitely a greenish tinge to it.
dearslayer
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From what I can see coverage appears to be excellent. One coat only?
As mentioned, it seems to go on thick
