Powder coating step-by-step

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Re: Powder coating step-by-step

Post by kyswede » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:10 am

Here are some pics of bullets I have coated.
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Post by kyswede » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:16 am

Powdercoated bullets are great to shoot in a Glock. I normally shoot 147 grain fmj silenced in my G17. I just bought a 38 cal. 150 gr. round nose bullet mold for my 9mm. I have .356, .357 & .358 sizing dies and will see which size my gun prefers.
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Post by kyswede » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:22 am

Another advantage of PCing is the ability to increase the diameter of a cast bullet to better fit your barrel. Normally you want a cast bullet .001-.002" larger than groove diameter. I have a mold that drops a .430 diameter bullet, but my barrel slugs .431. I use PC to increase diameter to .432-.433.
Too small of a bullet diameter is the major cause of barrel leading.
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Post by kyswede » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:24 am

I chronographed 5 rounds each pan lubed and PC bullets loaded exactly the same. The PC bullets averaged 25 fps faster.
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Post by Niceguy » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:47 am

kyswede wrote:It is normal for bullets to stick to the basket. Resulting marks do not affect the coating.
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That was going to be my first question...haha

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Post by Niceguy » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:49 am

So is this why lead nosed .22lr ammo is waxy or oily?

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Post by Wyldman » Fri Feb 03, 2017 3:36 pm

Dustin wrote:Would this make the safe to shoot out of a Glock ?
I've been shooting hard cast lead bullets in my Glocks for years with no problems. Of course, I am pretty anal about checking for signs of leading in the polygonal bore on a routine basis. When shooting bare lead, I always clean the bore every 100-150 rds routinely.

Only once, when using some bullets I got in trade, did I find any sign of smearing in the barrel, and later found that they were not hard cast & had very little antimony in them.

A good scrubbing with a phosphor bronze brush and Hoppe's #9 cleaned it right up.

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Post by Dustin » Fri Feb 03, 2017 3:41 pm

Wyldman wrote:
Dustin wrote:Would this make the safe to shoot out of a Glock ?
I've been shooting hard cast lead bullets in my Glocks for years with no problems. Of course, I am pretty anal about checking for signs of leading in the polygonal bore on a routine basis. When shooting bare lead, I always clean the bore every 100-150 rds routinely.

Only once, when using some bullets I got in trade, did I find any sign of smearing in the barrel, and later found that they were not hard cast & had very little antimony in them.

A good scrubbing with a phosphor bronze brush and Hoppe's #9 cleaned it right up.

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Problem is I can shoot 300 to 400 in match. Need coated or jacketed. New barrel would be best.


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Post by Wyldman » Fri Feb 03, 2017 3:45 pm

It's always been my policy to shoot only jacketed bullets in matches or competition. Yes, I realize it can get quite costly, which is one reason I shoot my hand loads a lot. I also find that my consistancy is much better shooting my hand loads as I am extremely picky about my powder charge weight and which primers I use.

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Post by Dave1965 » Fri Feb 03, 2017 5:17 pm

excellent swede, thanks for the posting this up for everyone. Answers a lot of the questions I had.

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Post by guncrank1 » Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:02 am

Gunsmokin wrote:Hmmmm, what else could this be applied to??? This has my imagination whirring! Thanks, Swede!! Awesome.
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Post by Geno » Sat Feb 04, 2017 4:33 pm

Great write up! Now, how about a "how to" on casting bullets? You make things seem very doable. I've been through Lyman's book on casting, but you do a better job "showing" how. This is one of my favorite threads. Thanks, Geno
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Post by Livewire » Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:06 pm

Very cool Swede. Thanks for the write up!

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Post by kyswede » Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:40 pm

Geno wrote:Great write up! Now, how about a "how to" on casting bullets? You make things seem very doable. I've been through Lyman's book on casting, but you do a better job "showing" how. This is one of my favorite threads. Thanks, Geno
Hmmm I think that is a good idea. Let me see what I can come up with.
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Post by kyswede » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:50 pm

I loaded some of the purple & orange 45 cal. semi-wadcutters shown in post #26 above. Shot a few today in 2 RIA 1911s with no problems. Here are the recovered bullets, along with some tumble lubed round nose bullets.
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Post by kyswede » Fri Apr 21, 2017 10:06 pm

Thought I would update this with some new pics.
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Re: Powder coating step-by-step

Post by armydan » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:08 pm

How humiliating it would be to get shot with a pink bullet!

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