Molybdenum Coating of 10/22 Fire Control Parts?

[incorrigible]

I was at the range with a friend and he'd showed me how in tumbling this bullets that he'd reloaded in powdered molybdenum it had coated them and made them quite slippery; apparently adding about 3-4% to the velocity of the rounds downrange.

Currently I'm working on accurizing a 10/22 and had read the benefits of polishing the fire control parts; the hammer, sear, etc.

Once polished I was hypothesising as to whether there would be any benefit to tumbling the parts to coat them in molybdenum to increase the 'slippery' factor?

Perhaps polishing is good enough?

Would polishing even be necessary with a molybdenum coating?

Would Moly 'gum' up the works as it wore down or perhaps it may even protect the exposed metal from wear?

There is a liquid moly material used for the barrel that is supposed to work in tandem with the powder coating and perhaps that would be a better option?

Anyone have thoughts...

 

[Saafire]

you could try spray on dry graphite. its not as slippery as moly buts its cheap and easy to use. there should not be enough material there to gum anything up unless its sticky after the coating is done. I used to used the graphite spray on locks that would freeze up in the winter, and really hot places were the traditional oil lubes would dry out fast. start clean and spray the "wetted parts" down and let dry. then reassemble.

If i ever polish my 1022 trigger i will be using graphite spray on it. of and you can lube ontop of the graphite once dried also