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You guys are awesome, turns out the sizing was the issue as you suggested. When it was at 357 the chamber face was scraping off the powdercoating, sending the bullets tumbling. Once I...

I don't know if it's the same thing but I do have a LEE case mouth expander, I mainly use it for 7.62x39 cast bullets. I see NOE sells expander plugs, which one would you recommend?

Last night I...

That's very interesting, I didn't think about the chamber face scraping off the PC. I did pull some of my rounds that have a mild crimp, the case has scraped off the coating where it was crimped so...

As an update I'm still having problem, even with a very nice 357 Arsenal mold. It's a 125gr truncated cone and I've tried everything I can think of with powders, sizing dies, pre/post sizing at...

Hey all, been a long time since I posted last.

I've had zero issues with a Lee RN powder coated through my P01, but this new Shadow 2 is giving me fits. The leade is definitely shorter. Aside...

Acetone, thanks. I'll try it.

I have some powdercoat smear that isn't coming out with Chore Boy. Any common chemicals that will remove it?

These are the 6 cup two-pack. Interesting they have a different formula. I got these for the kitchen anyway, just thought it interesting.

Hey guys, I happened to notice this on the Ziploc #5 containers I just bought...

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You guys are killin' me. I revolutionize powdercoating and you talk about rubbing cats.

I discovered something completely by accident. Using the HF red, black airsoft bb's and a square #5 Ziploc container, I was shaking and just kinda tossed it lightly in the air.

Now when I just...

Thanks to you guys, not only do I not see any more leading, but feeding is improved and I can now shoot my polygonal Kahr K9. I am thrilled!

My CX4 suffered from leading in the first 2" and now...

On my very first powdercoat, I resized them back to .452 and saw some sort of plastic smear down the barrel. It scrubbed out but not what I was expecting.

I double coated my next batch and they...

I'm just relaying what I saw in another post.

A guy put some pure lead/PC through his 9mm and 45acp. The 45 did fine, bu the 9 being a much higher pressure/speed caliber pretty much squished down...

Hickok, it's actually an old Redding I found on Ebay a few years ago. $25, works great.

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I went ahead and recoated them, coverage is better. I didn't resize this time, so hopefully the smearing won't happen again.

On a side note, I want to PC my 155gr bullets for my x39 bolt action. ...

These seem to be coming out a slightly lighter color after hand tumbling for 30 seconds in a #5 tub. They are a bit blotchy so I'll have to get some black airsoft bb's next chance I get.

Oh as...

Gotcha, I will try that. I figured something was wrong.

I honestly don't know, lighting wasn't very good...cloudy and getting toward sunset. It did look different from the usual lead smears.

Also, these aren't red, more of a clotted blood/brownish...

I finally tried using the HF red and using my vibratory tumbler (bullets are in a freezer bag). It coated decently enough, but certainly not up to electro gun perfection.

Accuracy seemed decent...

I figured it out. Set my hot plate at low, put the whole weight in a cast iron pan, covered it and let the rubber/plastic soften up. I was then able to pretty much peel it off like an orange.
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Here's a pic. It's more of a soft rubberized coating, about 1/8" thick. I tried softening it with a heat gun but still took forever. I have three of these left.
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I scored 50# of dive weights today. What is the best way to remove the thick plastic molded to the lead?

It's official. I calculated my 9mm LRN are cheaper than 21lr at today's prices. 50 rounds are about $3.

Agreed, zero leading in my 21, or my friend's new 41.