Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Powder Coating Lead Bullets
SS_N_NE:
That is why I said it seemed too complicated. It started looking like the swage process you described with displacement and all.
Still, maybe stab a tack in the base with a press to get a quick repeatable set. Just thinking out loud...typing...whatever.
unfy:
--- Quote from: SS_N_NE on April 01, 2013, 09:57:21 PM ---That is why I said it seemed too complicated. It started looking like the swage process you described with displacement and all.
Still, maybe stab a tack in the base with a press to get a quick repeatable set. Just thinking out loud...typing...whatever.
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Might be possible to build something to goes on top of the punch for the lee push through sizing die. a brass nut with a piece of metal inside (preferably tool steel / drill rod material)... how to get it to sit center on the post is interesting as well as how to get the 'nail' in it sturdily and centered ...
then the joy of what holds the lead bullet in place.
plenty of stuff to be worked out, i'm sure *something* could be constructed.
Hell, i almost wonder if ya take an old reloading die and somehow rig up a a drill bit and crank handle if ya could make a press-based-drill.
random thoughts... all require tooling that is possibly beyond what i can do atm.
unfy:
Pen microscope feels like light bleeding stuff today, dunno what's up with it. Whatever.
Barrel after the base coat rounds:
As far as accuracy... the target from the range (25ft):
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Shooting glasses were fogging up on me and I didn't bother to fix... prolly why it started to wander to the lower left.
Oh, and the hole in the top ? 10ga shell for first test shot of the 10ga side by side (30-ish inch barrels with fixed full choke) ;). Had to improvise the shell using 12ga press, a dowel, and pliers. 20 of the 'pretty much 00buck' pellets on top of 38gr of blue dot. Kicked kinda harsh but not too bad... that gun is gonna frighten me when I start cutting it down (unless I sell it to someone before doing so heh).
I'll edit this post and report cleaning results of the pistol barrel.
that promised edit above:
Yup, only a couple tiny ball point pin ultra tiny flakes of lead. Coat the bases bkoenig!
unfy:
--- Quote from: bkoenig on March 28, 2013, 10:19:25 PM --- and while I don't get any barrel leading they introduce a lot of crud into my gas system,
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Actually.... is lube crud any better than PC crud ?
I've not had ANY red on ANY patch i've run through my pistol barrel... but that's an entirely different beast than a rifle ?
DangerousDrummer:
Hey unfy,
Got a $15 1.2 -30 v, 5 amp adjustable power supply with fan. Have you read the bullet plating paper on CaswellPlating website. The writer was using a kit, but there is no need to spend the money on a kit, but his bullets looked good. The trick to even plating seems to be low voltage, low current. I intend to build a holder out of a plastic cutting board. Like you, I am not giving up on plating for powder coating. I know PC will work for larger slower bullets, but will have trouble with high speed smaller calibers. I WILL conquer plating for 7.62 and 223.
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