simple Hi-Tek coating

[wlkjr]

I have heard it mentioned here that Hi-Tek does not play well with Lee tumble lube cast bullets, A couple weeks back I was asked to coat some 32 cal tumble lube cast bullets for a friend and he informs me that his revolver normally shoots 1'' groups at 25mts and now with coating shoots half that. It would appear that the small caliber and low velocity may be the secret to his success. Just shows nothing is written in stone. Regards Stephen

Or maybe his shooting skills have deteriorated.

[ryanmattes]

Did my first batch of black tonight, test loads from a new .45 HP mold.

I'm not sure if I liked them better with only one coat, when it had a little of the silver of the lead showing through, or here below with the second coat, solid black. I'll have to experiment more and see.

Might have to mix up some Texas tea soon too.

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[HI-TEK]

[QUOTE=ryanmattes;5136600]Did my first batch of black tonight, test loads from a new .45 HP mold.

I'm not sure if I liked them better with only one coat, when it had a little of the silver of the lead showing through, or here below with the second coat, solid black. I'll have to experiment more and see.

Hello ryanmattes
Just to clarify did you use old black or the K-15 Black?
The products you have in the picture looked very much like the old standard Black.
The Old Black gets a Brownish look after second coat. The K-15 is intensely Black, no Brown tinge.

[ryanmattes]

Hello ryanmattes
Just to clarify did you use old black or the K-15 Black?
The products you have in the picture looked very much like the old standard Black.
The Old Black gets a Brownish look after second coat. The K-15 is intensely Black, no Brown tinge.

It's the K-15. That's just the light in the picture, they're very dark black and a little glossy. The picture of them in my hand is more what they look like.

They look great, but I also thought they looked great with just a single thin coat, when they had a silvery, shimmery look to them. I may try some more with only a single coat.

I've not had any browning problems at all since I started taking a bullet probe to 180C and keeping it there for 3 minutes. That works every time, never fails a smash test or acetone test, and keeps the colors from getting too dark.

Ryan

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[Michael J. Spangler]

Which one is brighter? Zombie Green of Kryptonite green?
Are they both metallic? Looking to get a new color to play with.
Thanks!

[HI-TEK]

Which one is brighter? Zombie Green of Kryptonite green?
Are they both metallic? Looking to get a new color to play with.
Thanks!

Michael
Probably the Kryptonite is brighter. The Zombie is a darker shade of Green
They are both metallic.

[Michael J. Spangler]

Michael
Probably the Kryptonite is brighter. The Zombie is a darker shade of Green
They are both metallic.

Thank you Joe! Kryptonite it is. Is it as effective at killing zombies as the Zombie Green? Or is it only effective against people native to Krypton?

[perminator]

Kryptonite is definately brighter zombie is kind of flat kryptonite on right

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[Ausglock]

KG....use heaps of it....

[Intel6]

Yep, really like the KG!


Did up a big batch of a NOE 160 gr. bullet for plinking in the .40 S&W. The KG looks great on the smooth bullets.

[HI-TEK]

Yep, really like the KG!


Did up a big batch of a NOE 160 gr. bullet for plinking in the .40 S&W. The KG looks great on the smooth bullets.

Absolutely beautiful, great job, they are also environmentally Ok as they are green.....

[HI-TEK]

Kryptonite is definately brighter zombie is kind of flat kryptonite on right

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You have not seen the "Sick Zombie" colour.
It is an awful yellowish sickly coloured green. It is far worse that the one in your picture.

[Ausglock]

Currently coating some Lyman 12ga slugs and Lee 1oz key drive slugs..
Will post pictures when done.

[Tazza]

Currently coating some Lyman 12ga slugs and Lee 1oz key drive slugs..
Will post pictures when done.

I was gonna do that with a few i cast a while back, but the statement was met with WHY??? i think it was just cause my mad mate just wanted them faster so he could load them and play, maybe next time i do a batch i'll get to do them as well.

Interesting to see how they coat, being that the shape is not ideal for the shake method to get contact with everything.

[Ausglock]

First coat baked....looks good. full coverage of the Lyman "Diablo" type slug as well as the Lee Key drive.
Doing the second bake after dinner.

[Ausglock]

OK... here they are.
Loaded in Federal 00 buck cases.
27Gns ADI AP-70 ( Hogdon Universal ) to you lot in the northern Hemispere.
8 x .33 coated balls with Claybuster 1 1/8th oz wads.
cases have 7mm cut off the crimp.
BPI buffer powder used.
BPI overshot card.
4 Pin roll crimper.


Lyman "Diablo" style Slug 2 coats Kryptonite Green.


Lee 1oz key drive slug with 2 coats KG.


Both slugs loaded in the Fed cases with 9mm cut off the crimp.
27gns AP-70
Claybuster 1 1/8th oz wads
4 pin roll crimper.
The Lee slug has 2 6mm filler foam wads in the shotcup under the slug.
Lyman has no filler wads.


Buckets of each

[Tazza]

They came out way better than i expected, now you need to get out and flick them down range to see how they go.

[Ausglock]

They came out way better than i expected, now you need to get out and flick them down range to see how they go.

Ohhh... they go great. Punched holes in a large termite nest at the range on Sunday.
Blew huge chunks out of it.
The 4 pin roll crimp head works 1000% better than the 1 pin BPI roll crimper.
Going to get a rifled barrel for the Adler B220 from cleavers to see how the slugs go.

[Tazza]

They sure hit hard, a mate was nailing a steel plate at 50m, it sure knew it was being flogged with lumps of fast moving lead.

Surely A rifled barrel has to make it even more accurate, hopefully they don't want a stupid amount for a barrel.

[Stephen Cohen]

A mate of mine has a rifled barrel for his shotgun and said it is very accurate. I gave heard that those Lee slugs are not always accurate. As a young lad I used to pull the shot out of Blue Star shells and pop in a large sinker and shot 5 gallon drums at 40 yards with the old single HR. Regards Stephen