Powder coat instead of lube

[moosehunter]

I ordered some bullets for my repro sharps rifle. Usually I get cast lead with lube and gas checks cause I like shooting smokeless. More velocity and easier cleanup. I got sent the bullets with blue powder coat. I contacted the fellow and he said the powder coat works as a lube and gas check. I’d this a new thing and good to go or not.

 

[mmattockx]

I don't know about black powder, but I've run powder coated cast bullets up to near 1600fps in 8x57 and they worked superbly. Absolutely no leading or fouling at all.


Mark

 

[boxhitch]

Surprised you would actually be shipped bullets you didn't order or didn't know about
but no worries, where the lube w/gas check leaves off, the pc bullets take over, its the New Wave lol
cleaner running, no lube smoke, and potentially can be run at higher velocities (dependant on alloy) which isn't a factor in a Sharps

Bullet diameter vs bore diameter is the bigger issue, hope you got it right

 

[slug]

The gent who taught me powder coating, oldrodder, powder coats everything. He lubes his bullets used with black powder to keep the fouling soft. The powder coating prevents leading.
I have shot powder coated bullets in my .30/30 Sharps at well over 2400 f/s with good grouping and no leading.

 

[Snider shooter]

For smokeless loads powder coating works well. For black powder not so well without any lube to keep the fouling soft. You say your using smokeless.

 

[Potashminer]

I ordered some bullets for my repro sharps rifle. Usually I get cast lead with lube and gas checks cause I like shooting smokeless. More velocity and easier cleanup. I got sent the bullets with blue powder coat. I contacted the fellow and he said the powder coat works as a lube and gas check. I’d this a new thing and good to go or not.

I suppose that it should not matter whether that "blue powder coat" is better or not - it is not what you ordered or paid for, I presume - unless those are what you ordered. Did you receive what you ordered?

 

[Alex McKr]

Moosehunter: For smokeless powder, you are good to go. Powder coated bullets, just like their gas-checked counterparts, can handle much higher velocities. The coating acts very much like a plated bullet, so no lube required. So load and shoot, with confidence.

 

[iron cat]

I found that powder coating was real game changer when I started using it in my cast bullet guns, a 45/70 Sharps, 9.3X72R drilling, 40/65 Sharps, and a 8.15X46R Schuetzen.
The blue powder coating seemed to cover very well, but I ended up using clear because I could not get past the blue colored bullets in the black powder guns! LOL
I tried both lubed and un- lubed, in the BP rifles I use a grease cookie with the powder coating , but did not lube the bullets themselves.
The smokeless loads in the Schuestzen rifle and the drilling don't get lubed and accuracy i excellent with leading at a bare minimum.
Car

 

[fingers284]

Go to the "cast bullet" forum in here or "alternate lube" forum in Castboolits for all the info you need on powder coated slug usage...it will revolutionize you cast shooting into the modern age.

 

[jethunter]

I've shot powder coated cast bullets at 2400 fps in 303 with no leading. That bore is oversize and not in good shape, powder coating is the only way I can shoot cast in it without leading.