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CreamySmooth

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Don't know how many are doing this, but it sure does work. No lube required. No leading. No exposed lead to handle. Goes through a bullet feeder no problem. Stays on when sized.

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As they come out of the oven and then sized.

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Close up: Note that these ARE SIZED! That stuff sticks like crazy and prevents messy lube application. I'm so done with that....

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Makes real pretty cartridges!! We do 9mm and .40 S+W. Shoots very well.

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The great thing is they go through my Mini Mr. Bullet Feeder like crazy. Here's a pick of my setup if you havent seen one. While this doesn't have my powder coats in it, you can see how it works there and it feeds through great. No lube gumming things up, around 600 an hour at speed.

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Old news! Lol. There is a bunch of posts in the cast section here.

What method did you use to coat and what colour from where?
 
You seem to be getting good bullet coverage. What brand/type of powder are you using? Are you using the dry swirl method or the piglet (powder and acetone) method?
 
I have yet to read any thing bad on powder coating bullets. I already have my powder and am getting ready to give it a shot. Don't know yet which way to coat would be the best, dry, shaken with airsoft pellets in a plastic container or wet with acetone ? Comments on either way ????
 
I would try airsoft bb method first, I haven't seen to many people doing the piglet method, I might give it a try later on this week.
 
Spawn-Inc said:
Old news! Lol. There is a bunch of posts in the cast section here.

What method did you use to coat and what colour from where?
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Sorry I know it's not new. Just my foray into it. Sorry if it came off as new. The other threads were just long.

I shake dry with powder in a zip lock container. No beads. Place on end on parchment paper with tweezers and into an oven. Tool blue, Canadian supplier I can't remember name off top.
 
ted_dent said:
You seem to be getting good bullet coverage. What brand/type of powder are you using? Are you using the dry swirl method or the piglet (powder and acetone) method?
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Getting great coverage we think. Dry swirl, Tool Blue powder. We tried others and this seemed to work best. Of the others we tried this required the highest heat and we think the others didn't work as well because of lower suggested cook times and shorter bake periods. We 're going to up that and try again. We have a very accurate oven that my friend has for heat treating blades and so we can get very precise with the heat.
 
CreamySmooth said:
Sorry I know it's not new. Just my foray into it. Sorry if it came off as new. The other threads were just long.

I shake dry with powder in a zip lock container. No beads. Place on end on parchment paper with tweezers and into an oven. Tool blue, Canadian supplier I can't remember name off top.
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From powder 365, I believe the dropped tool blue :(. I was just razzin Ya. Hopefully get more people coating.
 
I too wonder what kinds of velocities can be accurately attained with PC. Effective for rifle loads as well? Want to do it with the 308, although seems tedious trying to keep those long bullets standing on their ends while baking. What about dealing with gas checks?
 
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