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A quick question for you Hitek gurus out there. Can the boolits be too hard for Hitek to work properly? I've quenched some of my 9mm after the second bake, and they come out as high as 27-28 BHN. Is it too hard? I use fat boolits in my 9mm pistols, sized to .358. My Sig X-six is spotless, but an STI is starting to show some minor leading. I don't remember if I had any leading with 12-13BHN in the same gun. I know hardball @ 15-16BHN is recommended, but is too hard just as bad as too soft as far as Hitek is concerned?
Not sure. But if the BHN is too high for the pressure produced, you may not get the deformation of the bullet base to seal the bore. Thus causing gas blow-by and gas cutting of the bullet and coating. Sigs and Berettas seem to like larger dia bullets.
Necessity is the mother of all inventions. Just be thankfull Trev and I live as far apart as we do, if we were neighbours all hell would probably break loose. Also, if you think we are bad, we pale in the shadow of JMorris !!! Trust me that man is in a league of his own!!
For all you lot asking "how do I know if my bullets are dry enough to bake".
Here is my setup. It is a store display stand with 5 wire shelves. The small fan heater lays on the top shelf, blowing warm air down onto the next shelf.
The next 2 trays of bullets to be baked are directly below it, warming up.
The bullets are warmer than my hand to touch, so they are higher than the ambient temp.
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Once they are baked. They get placed under a box fan to cool. This takes about 4 minutes.
Then they can be given the second coat.
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As for what to use to mix the coating in...
The pop top juice bottle contains Kryptonite Green Powder mixture. This gets dribbled onto the bullets to coat.
The clear screwtop bottle contains Kryptonite Green Liquid mixture. This get measured with the Syringe (6mls) to coat.
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As you can see. 2 trays in the oven. 2 1/2 minutes into the bake cycle and the oven is maintaining the 200Deg C set temp.
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Here is the Auto coater I just finished building... Video to follow.
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Great stuff ausglock, do u preheat your oven?
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It's a plastic bucket in a wire waste-paper bin! I was expecting something a bit more........umm...elaborate [smilie=l:.
And where's the duct tape? McGuyver always uses duct tape!
Here is the video of the auto coater.
Dikman. The KISS principle.....:drinks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivG...ature=youtu.be
Well done mate!!!!!!!! Always wanted to say that.
For general interest:
Currently Walmart's little grilling section you might see as you walk into the store has these little racks for sale. They cost about ~1.60 each and you can fit two per rack of a standard toaster oven (you might have to sit one slightly at an angle if your oven is smaller than mine but it won't cause a problem... I checked). I bought 8, so I can have 4 in the oven and 4 drying. They seem to provide adequate ventilation as verified through an oven thermometer maintaining even temps throughout my oven. It is a convection oven so it should anyway.
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Lee 358-158RFs, 4.2 gr of titegroup in a 357 mag and you have a super accurate load even little kids can enjoy...
WOW that's the color I'm trying to get my zombie green to look like. I'll take a look in the grilling section thanks, my tray is getting quite beat up.
These trays measure 10"x7".
Just bought 3 of them, can't beat the price. Came home and they are too big. I got the medium ones, only ones they had, and are roughly 13"x9". Weak!!
I might keep them for cooling racks. Havent decided. Calling the other two walmarts that are worth driving might be a pain, they rarely are able to find stuff on the phone.
No worries, cobber, I like it. Being able to just slip the bucket in and out without "locking" it in place is neat. I don't do enough to warrant making something like that otherwise I would.
Bloody kangaroos are everywhere (nearly as many deer too these days). No drop bears on your property?[smilie=1:
No drop bears, The Yowies ate them out.
Any of you guys ever seen a Yowie? We call them bigfoot or sasquatch over here. I've never saw one but have talked to quite a few people who claim to have spotted one.