Meet my "Blue Ball Ammo"

[ChromeArty]

Couldn't help the pun

 

[308BAR]

Time to clean the old pipes .....Nice looking loads. What brand of bullets?

 

[Armored Metal]

Powder coated?

 

[Thringer]

nice

 

[AlbertaSheepdog]

This might be a silly question, But can I just powder coat bullets that already have a jacket on them? Or does it only work with cast bullets?

My concern is that the powder coating would make the bullet diameter too thick to fire safely, but then again I could be greatly exaggerating the thickness of the PC.

 

[majormalfunction]

nice

 

[john92awd]

You have to use cast then size them after powder coating

 

[Trinimon]

Damn, looks cool.

 

[Grawfr]

Ares bullets?

 

[Spawn-Inc]

This might be a silly question, But can I just powder coat bullets that already have a jacket on them? Or does it only work with cast bullets?

My concern is that the powder coating would make the bullet diameter too thick to fire safely, but then again I could be greatly exaggerating the thickness of the PC.

What would be the point other then adding colour? You would have to resize the bullets unless it was a really sloppy bore.

Although now I want to try it haha.

 

[sawzall]

Resizing jacketed bullets can be dangerous. Jackets spring back more than lead cores and can separate. This can lead to separation and a barrel obstruction. The more you resize them surprisingly the less chance of it happening. Just .001-.002" is asking for trouble imo.

 

[plinker 777]

I think they look cool. I would air a caution though, on first seeing them i thought that they maybe marker rounds or less lethal rounds.

 

[hometownhero]

Those look pretty cool. I have some red ones in 9mm

 

[john92awd]

Do you guys buy them somewhere or are you making them yourself?

 

[Hoag]

They are available from CRAFM (a forum sponsor)
http://www.crafm.com/reloading/bullets.html

 

[john92awd]

Oh, had we figured out they are Ares or are they powder coated?

 

[Valeksky]

Hey John, the OP casted and powder coated them himself.

 

[serbinator]

They are available from CRAFM (a forum sponsor)
http://www.crafm.com/reloading/bullets.html

i get plated 147s for way cheaper then that.. lol and 124s...

 

[1feral1]

I've always associated 'BLUE' with training or items that are inert/have inert projectiles.

Perhaps another colour is best?

Cheers!

 

[john92awd]

Those are different though. Ares bullets are "hi tek" polymer coated. They have a few benefits such as higher velocity with a lower charge. Alot of competitive shooters are using them