What's the best way to Un-Moly bullets?

[wcat]

Hi, I bought some Berger bullets, both 52gr and 55gr in the EE. My problem is they are Moly and I'd prefer to continue using copper bullets. Is there an easy way to remove the moly?

I've tried 100 in my tumbler, with nutshells, almost for a full day and altho they are a bit less dark, they are still covered with the moly.

Any idea?

Thanks

 

[dizzy]

fingernail polish remover?? or other chemicals? have no idea and have never tried

 

[bcsteve]

Tumbler has always worked for me.

 

[scout]

Stainless steel media.

 

[redryder]

Just curious why you want to remove the moly? Is there that many of them, that you just wouldn't shoot them? Are they not as accurate as your non moly loads?

 

[phishroy]

nail polish remover or alcohol, mineral spirits or whatever solvent chemical you have on hand.
slush around in an empty butter container several times, at the end you can take all the bullets and put them in an old sock and smush them around to dry them out.

 

[wcat]

Just curious why you want to remove the moly? Is there that many of them, that you just wouldn't shoot them? Are they not as accurate as your non moly loads?

Just don't want to deal with a barrel coated with moly, damn hard to remove when you want to switch back to copper bullets.

 

[wcat]

nail polish remover or alcohol, mineral spirits or whatever solvent chemical you have on hand.
slush around in an empty butter container several times, at the end you can take all the bullets and put them in an old sock and smush them around to dry them out.

I'll try that one, thanks

 

[ciphery]

I've always just wiped it off.

 

[maynard]

Use corn cob in your tumbler. Cleaning moly out of a barrel isn't as hard as you think.

 

[wcat]

Cleaning moly out of a barrel isn't as hard as you think.

Now that is interesting, maybe you're right. I didn't used moly bullets before, but from what I've read, if you use them, be prepared to
scrub the hell out of your barrel to get back to copper bullets.

 

[redryder]

There isn't much that JB bore paste won't get out.

 

[brybenn]

I know a pocket full in new silver jeans come out nice and shiny after going thru the wash. The jeans. Not so well

 

[Why not?]

Just don't want to deal with a barrel coated with moly, damn hard to remove when you want to switch back to copper bullets.

Just shoot a few naked bullets, and the moly will be gone in a hurry. Done it many times, and it has never taken more than 15 rounds to remove.

Ted

 

[wcat]

Thanks for the advices, I tried some alcohol and nail polish remover in a container, tumbling bullets in it, didn't work as expected.

I think I'll shoot them as they are and that's it.

Thanks

 

[b72471]

I work in the forest industry, so I tried a course sawdust in a tumbler and that worked to remove molly. You need something that will absorb the molly, sawdust does that.
Bill

 

[mmattockx]

Tumbler has always worked for me.

+1, crushed walnut works fine for me.


Mark