simple Hi-Tek coating

[Ausglock]

Yellow like this? Some 12ga slugs I coated. notice the yellow down in the cavity. no coating got in there. I think it is the out gassing of the coating baking that give the yellow in the cavity as well as bullet lube grooves.

[Grmps]

Thanks Donnie

[Grmps]

Yea! Kinda like a bunch of women at the Vera Bradley purse store. Got to have the latest pattern and color. But as we sometimes say here "whatever floats your boat".

Pat 303
Why haven't I thought about that? Heat treat after the coating process. Great idea when you don't really care about the color change from over heating. I've got some 30 cal bullets that this could help with the accuracy. It has been lousy so far and I believe that it's because of the BHN.

This place has helped me in many ways. All those heads put together. Thanks guys.

Have you tried slugging the bore of your riffle, This could help accuracy

[Avenger442]

Have you tried slugging the bore of your riffle, This could help accuracy

Yes. Did that some time ago. This bullet in another casting and another coating does 1 1/2" groups. This is the same bullet but just a little softer with a different Hi Tek coating, see previous post.


Trevor
That is the color down in the hollow point.

[Ausglock]

yep.. thought so.

The glass door on my oven goes very dark brown from the out gassing during baking. I feel it is the same for hollowpoints etc.
Every month I have to use oven cleaner on the glass.

[Gremlin460]

yep.. thought so.

The glass door on my oven goes very dark brown from the out gassing during baking. I feel it is the same for hollowpoints etc.
Every month I have to use oven cleaner on the glass.

You are starting to sound domesticated..... Just saying..

[Ausglock]

masculated....but never domesticated......lol

[HI-TEK]

masculated....but never domesticated......lol

Not domesticated huh, look at photo...on facebook

[Ausglock]

Not domesticated huh, look at photo...on facebook

Shutup!!! I gotta clean the house before the missus comes home from her holiday in Fiji tomorrow

[Avenger442]

Shutup!!! I gotta clean the house before the missus comes home from her holiday in Fiji tomorrow

Know what you mean. I've been hearing the "Honey Do" list all week. She works 7 days and is off 7 days. So every other week I get the list. But we do it for them for two reasons. We love them and we really don't want to listen to it for a week. A man is not a real man unless he loves his wife.

Pat
Heat treated the bullets I had already coated and of course they went darker. Waiting now for 14 days to test BHN. They were 13-14 BHN to begin with and I'm looking for a 3 BHN increase.

I've been trying to read up on BHN and hunting. Haven't found very much help to determine what bullet is too hard to hunt with between 2000 fps and 2500 fps. Which is around what I'm pushing the .308. Anybody got any suggestions. Already looked at the hunting with cast section in this forum but probably have missed something. Any help with this?

[Gremlin460]

Anyone have experience with BT casts and hitech? I have a new mold I stole at a sharp price.
I have 2 options.. send it to CBE and have the LG and BT removed, or cast with it as is.

I have never used Boat Tailed casts before. Any opinions appreciated.

[Ausglock]

What Calibre?

[Gremlin460]

What Calibre?

Actually on further investigation its called a bevel base not a boat tail... its a .357 138gn RNBB for 9 or 38's.

[Ausglock]

who made it? got a photo?

[ioon44]

I Hi-Tek coat bevel base bullets a lot with out any problems and coat plain base also with great result's.

[Ausglock]

Bevel base is far easier to coat than flat base.
Most 99% of all my molds are bevel base.

[Avenger442]

Does anyone know what BHN is too hard to expand on game animal, mostly white tail deer, at 2300-2500 fps? While this forum is great for information, sometimes, that information is hard to find. I've been reading the Hunting section and most of the guys are only pushing bullets under 2000 fps with 50/50 WW/pure lead. Knowing that doesn't help me much for my application. If I have to do a 200 or 300 yard shot 1600-1800 fps out of the barrel will have a lot more drop to it.

I tested the heat treated bullets today and got them, what I would consider, too hard to hunt with. Was trying for the 16-17 BHN and got 19-20.

[marky123]

Howdy
I'm still grappling with ZG Hitek.Im on batch 9 and I still haven't applied it properly so I swapped the toaster oven for a convection oven and I think I might have overdone it.I presume bottom row is overdone,but is it time,temperature or both?Cooked at 200C for 12 minutes.
Thanks
MARK

[shortfal]

Howdy
I'm still grappling with ZG Hitek.Im on batch 9 and I still haven't applied it properly so I swapped the toaster oven for a convection oven and I think I might have overdone it.I presume bottom row is overdone,but is it time,temperature or both?Cooked at 200C for 12 minutes.
Thanks
MARK

I coat with HiTech but in black so I cannot comment on your color difference if that is in question but I do not think you can overcook. 10 Minutes or an hour at 400F Does not seem to matter for me. Your rough coating is likely from leaving your boolits in the container you are coating them in too long to where the coating is drying some before pouring out. I pour mine out when liquid is no longer visible in the bottom of the container and the sound of them ratteling around changes a bit. It takes some experience to know just the right amount of liquid to use for a given number of boolits.
Pete

[Ausglock]

Shaking far too long when coating.
6mls for 2.5KG of bullets is the amount of coating to use. Doesn't matter if they are 102gn 9mm or 230gn 45. all use 6mls to 2.5Kg of bullets.
Have you really, really verified the temp is 200Deg C? not with a cheap arsed $2 oven thermometer.
If you are sure the temp is OK, drop the time to 11 minutes and try that.
Only change 1 thing at a time or you will not know what was causing the problem.