Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Powder Coating Lead Bullets
bkoenig:
Results are looking good! I followed the instructions from the TN Guns site and used lacquer thinner. Just dump a little in a bucket along with some powder and tumble around for a couple of minutes until the solvent evaporates, then dump out onto some wire mesh and bake. I'm waiting for the bullets to cool down but so far they look good. Not as shiny as when applied from a powdercoat gun, more of a flat black. Pics coming tomorrow.
bkoenig:
Ok, here we go.
Tumbling in the lacquer thinner / powder mix:
Dump them out onto some mesh and let them dry, then bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.
Baked and sized:
The finish is definitely rougher than when applied with the gun. It's also not as even. We'll see how they shoot, either later today or tomorrow.
bkoenig:
I decided to give the powdercoat gun another try this afternoon so I coated about 50 bullets and I have them baking right now. It's definitely a lot more labor intensive than the solvent method, and a lot messier. The upside is that the bullets have a nice smooth coat. I'm going to test both and if I get acceptable accuracy with the solvent coated ones I'll stick to that method.
I'm thinking for rifle bullets the gun method might be the way to go. I'm interested to try this on some of my 7.62x54R / .303 Brit and 300 Blackout bullets.
Also, I tried the speed casting method that Unfy posted a while back and with a 6 cavity mold you can really crank out the bullets :D
bkoenig:
Last update for today. Here are the bullets that were coated with the gun - much smoother looking.
I plan to get to the range tomorrow so I can try them out.
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on September 07, 2013, 03:20:14 PM ---.....
I'm thinking for rifle bullets the gun method might be the way to go. I'm interested to try this on some of my 7.62x54R / .303 Brit and 300 Blackout bullets.
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So, am I right in assuming that powder coating the bullets is a way of replacing Copper with a plastic in order to avoid the cost of Copper and to prevent lead fouling of the barrel?
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