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    Guys update on the oven situation. Buy a Breville. What a difference. You will only cry once. It has 5 elements and smart heating technolgy. It applies heat where it needs it at the level it needs it. I am getting consistent results with less than a 5 degree temp swing more like 3 through the entire cycle. The elements work like dimmers instead of just on or off. It handles a bigger load than my others too and will still maintain temp. My coating comes out more even, more shiny and the color is repeatable. This is repeatable every time unlike the cheaper ovens I was using. I will retrofit those with a PID at a later date. I am very close to having a 40 worked out that leads worse than anything I have ever owned. It takes a bit more coating in this particular gun but is showing signs of promise. 50-75 rounds and very light streaking yesterday but I have to keep in mind the alloy hadn't fully hardened. Yesterday it was a little over a 12. This am it was 16. If it won't lead in this gun it won't lead in any I bet. I am finding the poly barrels are actually easier on the coating than traditional. Moved to 5-1-7 too. Looks better on the bollits with a hard shoulder like swc and tc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    I'm going to coat a few 100 with the blue/green superhard resin 2. size after the first coat and then apply a second coat to see how they shoot. I find 1 coating then sizing then 2nd coating works great on flat base bullets that may have a but of over-cast on the base.
    Exactly the reason I do it that way aswell Trev..

    Havent cast/coated or done anything with my stuff , because I am still sitting on a porch of a beach house up past Hervey Bay.
    Will be back home in time to do the Saturday shoot this weekend and get back into casting/coating.
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    What model number is the breville? Do you gave a link for it?
    Grem. You have no time for holidays.....get casting/coating!!!
    Hooroo.
    Regards, Trevor.
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    BOV800XL. here is the link. http://www.brevilleusa.com/the-smart-oven-r.html. got mine from Bed Bath and Beyond. Pricey but I love it so far. The elements do exactly as advertised. They sometimes even pulse to maintain temperature. When preheated, it takes about 6 minutes to get five pounds of alloy to 384f. Same thing with 2.5lbs. Will do a trial run shortly and see if 7.5 and 10 will do the same.
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    Check out these beauties!!! Notice what's missing? Will coat with red copper and shoot this weekend; then post the results.

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    VERY NICE Dystaxia! What grain? I am assuming 9mm?
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    Nice. What bullet is it and who makes it?
    Hooroo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kweidner View Post
    VERY NICE Dystaxia! What grain? I am assuming 9mm?
    Nope, it's a 45 ACP.

    230 Grain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ausglock View Post
    Nice. What bullet is it and who makes it?
    Accurate Molds: http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_...=45-230Z-D.png

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    Quote Originally Posted by kweidner View Post
    VERY NICE Dystaxia! What grain? I am assuming 9mm?
    They do make one for the 9mm:

    http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_...=35-135Z-D.png

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    Uuuuuggghhh. maybe next month. I love Tom's molds. Got a few and they are fantastic!
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    A quick follow up: Several weeks ago I tried the Hi-Tek coating and ran into some problems with it flaking off. Hi-Tek thought it might have been because I used bullets that had been pre-sized, which he thought would prevent the coating from adhering to the surface.

    Finally got some some unsized/unlubed 9mm 125g bullets to try again. Followed pretty much the same procedure as previously (5-1-7 ratio, about 390-400 degrees F for about 10 minutes, etc). See below result:

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    After 2 coats, I sized them to .356". I loaded up a batch, along with a test load using Hi-Tek coated bullets that are now being offered by SNS Casting, and had a chance to test them out over the weekend. The result......success! Worked just as well as the SNS coated bullets and no leading with either. Now, I'm happy

    Thanks to everyone on this forum for your help!

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    Wow Dystaxia!! I need to order me one of those!!

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    Cool

    So I coated them today.

    1st coat, then baked:

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    2nd coat, then baked:

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    3rd and last coat, then baked:

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    Sized, then loaded:

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    Can't wait till the weekend!!!

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    Now, that is a good looking bullet....
    The coating looks good too....
    Hooroo.
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    Yep, no lube groove is nice. You size em dystax?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gunoil View Post
    Yep, no lube groove is nice. You size em dystax?
    Yeah, sure do, .452

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dystaxia View Post
    Yeah, sure do, .452
    How do they look after sizing.
    Can you please post picture of sized projectiles.
    Thanks much

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    Not sure if this has been covered, I have a Italian Zouave .58 caliber musket and plan to shoot minnie balls out of it... will the coating work on a minnie ball? It has to expand to seal the bore on its way out

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    Quote Originally Posted by waltham41 View Post
    Not sure if this has been covered, I have a Italian Zouave .58 caliber musket and plan to shoot minnie balls out of it... will the coating work on a minnie ball? It has to expand to seal the bore on its way out

    Do these balls get patched as they are loaded? If not. I would suspect that the coating would get rubbed off as it was rammed for loading.
    Hooroo.
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