I made another one. This works well also.
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I made another one. This works well also.
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I had several hundred cast bullets that I had lubed and ready to go, that was until I started PC'ing. Not waiting to waste any good bullets, I boiled them in a cheap pot from the thrift store. I...
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Warning from an expert....don't touch the end of the powder coating gun (electrode) while unit is energized...Shock hazard may occur and may cause cancer in California. There...we are covered now.
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I have with ESPC method, works the same as normal PC
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Welcome Craig
You've taken the first step to recovery, now comes therapy. Welcome to the club of "Compulsive Coaters".
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I was trying to think of a way to coat my rifle bullets without coating the gas check area. I had made some .45acp shot-shell cartridges out of .308 brass, I cut 1.200" and used the bottom for the...
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I have a hard time getting the purples to show up, but the iPad takes pretty good pics as long as the lighting is right.
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With the clear, you can go naked or put a base for some extra zing. I'm an airbrush artist, so I like the option to base any color I want and than seal it with the clear.
Sorry BangerJim, no more...
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SUPER DURABLE HIGH GLOSS CLEAR COAT - SUPER DURABLE POLYESTER TGIC on eBay. From seller POWDERCOATPAINTS, has good reviews and lots of colors, but I was curious about this clear.
I love the clear.
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I thought about silver then decided to go with a durable slick clear. I still get the lead look and all the benefits of PC. Kinda glad about the clear....no fireballs. By the way, the clear is...
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Derek to answer your question, I would not cast pure lead due to all the reasons listed. If you have a large amount of pure lead, cutting it to make it stronger and accurate should be not too hard....
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Derek,
Pure lead has a BHN of 5 or less, you would want to be around 8 BHN 38/357. A mixture of 1:20 Tin/Lead has a BHN of 10 according to my SAECO chart.
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The small one will work, but a convection one will do better (more even baking). Keep an eye on your temp, a lot of them vary on temps. The small ones just limit your number.
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Those are my "I over did it" bullets. I recently got some "SUPER DURABLE HIGH GLOSS CLEAR COAT" polyester powder from eBay and I had some leftover metal flake from a job.....so gold metal flake with...
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I just got some clear polyester powder coat in the mail yesterday, I coated some tonight and will test in a day or 2. I will post my results.
Here is the specs: SUPER DURABLE HIGH GLOSS CLEAR COAT...
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I am seeing more and more colors showing up, so I thought that I would show my troops lined up.
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StromBusa...I size mine .001/.0015 over my barrel dia (slugged), so it really depends on your barrel. I'd wait till you get it and start the right way. I also would recommend you season your barrel...
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Just to give more info on accuracy, these are my 240gr .44mag that I made and tested for hunting this year. I casted, PC'd, sized the .001 over my barrel dia (I slugged with soft lead prior). I did...
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It's has been awhile since I checked on here...wow 95 pages. Took forever to catch up. I have been PC'ing since the early threads and still is the best option for me. I slugged my barrel with soft...
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GDS, welcome to the club...careful it's addictive.
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With 3 pans with 100 CB on each pan, baking 15-18 mins @ 375 deg. I am making about 400 bullets an hour. I can actually put 2 pans in at once, if I was real energetic. As far as I am concerned, this...
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Sbeatty1983....Friends helping friends! Check with a local powder coater, they will usually sell you a pound...and you won't have to pay shipping.
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Here are a few of the new colors: olive drab, mirror black, mirror chrome. I have not loaded these yet, but will soon and test.
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Here are a few I made for the wife. I added some smoke effects to the one pic.
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I use a pan that I pre-drilled holes and inserted dis-assembled pop-rivets as a riser. The rivets must be smaller than the base of the bullet. After cooking, they just snap off. The secret is to NOT...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |