I'm sure boolets standing at attention, are better that sleeping boolets when cooking.
Does it make that much of a difference????
Has anyone figured a way to keep then standing????
I'm sure boolets standing at attention, are better that sleeping boolets when cooking.
Does it make that much of a difference????
Has anyone figured a way to keep then standing????
I always stand them on their base on a toaster oven tray. Works better with pistol bullets than rifle bullets but still possible with 200 grain 30 caliber bullets.
I've gone from carefully standing them to just dumping them on metal drawer dividers- I've not been able to find any accuracy difference and there is no appreciable leading either way.
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I stand them up since I use the electronic spray gun to apply the powder coat. This works best for me since I coat several thousand bullets over a few days.
I tried standing them up before. I didn't notice any improvement in the quality of the coating over the dump and bake method I normally do.
i was thinking of trying to put the on a screen, to minimize contact.
made a couple of wire baskets to fit my oven
after separating the PC and ASBBs from bullets in colander I gently pour the bullets into the baskets
excess powder goes through to catch-tray below
seems to be no detrimental effects doing it this way
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Well if you want lazy boolits that may or maynot hit the target laying down is not so bad but if expect more out of you boolits i would want them standing up waiting for direction. lol sorry could not help myself I find little difference on the small stuff guys that reach out there 1000 yards well that is another story.
Reloading to save money I am sure the saving is going to start soon
I always stand mine up, on 30 cal. I use fender washers to help hold them in place.
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I like my boolits to look good so they get stood up. I had a couple that fell over when baking the other day. They had PC build up on them where they laid. I wouldn't trust them for rifle accuracy but shooting 25 yards in a pistol I'm sure they would be minute of pop can. I cull the ones that fall over or use them for a fowler shot. It seems like Everyone is in a hurry to get things done just like in the rifle industry and like always quality suffers and then you wonder why your groups open up.
Sleeping boolits aren't bad if you are using decent PC and remove all the excess before baking.
Yes, I do have some popular pc that doesn't do so well sleeping, they/it leave bare spots where the boolits touch each other, not so much of a problem where they touch the basket.
SOMETIMES You can blend some poorer working PC with a better pc to get better results.
I tried the screen wire dump when I first started PC back in 2012. I could easily see I was purposefully making bullets that were not evenly coated, had dings, bare spots and non-flat bases, just to save a few minutes, to do what?
I shot in competition for 7 years and still have my NRA Master International Rifle Card, so accuracy for me is ingrained. I couldn't get past the imperfections in the dumped bullets when I knew I could do better. Since shooting is my hobby I don't count the extra time to make a bullet as perfect as I can. I can cast, coat & size more handgun bullets in a weekend than I will shoot for a long time. As far as what a visually imperfect handgun bullet will do accuracy wise I really don't know or care, but I do know my PC handgun bullets in either 9mm or 45 out of a Ransom Rest will consistently group under 1.5" at 25 yards. As far as using the dump method for rifle bullets, I wouldn't even bother to load them as I can guarantee a shotgun would be as accurate.
But you have to understand this opinion comes from an old man who has always always believed that a round sent down range with no anticipation of accuracy is a round wasted and that sights on a firearm have a purpose.
So how would you keep 6.5mm Boolets stand up????
I have hard enough time keeping 30 cal 115 gr standing up.
I've thought of making a screen that would be raised up, so the boolets could be dropped in the holes.
They might still touch, in one spot, on one side.
In all my years I have learned one thing and that is people are far from perfect, when you can take out the human element you can get closer.
As far as standing up and shooting, been there and done that.
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If you want to stand up bullets you need to start off with a flat surface. I covered my oven's wire racks with roofing flashing for this purpose. Or you can use aluminum baking trays. On the flat surface cover it with a silicone cooking mat; the bullets do not slide on the silicone like they do on foil or parchment. I introduced silicon cooking mats to this site years ago and I have found no better surface to cook bullets on.
Use self closing tweezers with the tips dipped into powder to pick up the bullets. The tweezers lock on the bullet so you can maneuver it and pack them in close. A wire grid cooking rack can be used as a help aid if you need it. I can stand up 22's, a little more frustrating, but it can be done.
See my thread posted above in this genre "Standing Tall Boolits"............it may give you some ideas.
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Screen trick looks good.
Now to find the screen.
Indeed the grid of the hardware cloth does a good job. I ended up affixing a piece if hardwire cloth to an angle iron frame I tacked together so I could pull the wire tight. I wanted a large enough piece to fit a half size aluminum sheet baking pan. I also found stainless steel wire baking grids to fit these pans from Amazon that work well to support smaller diameters.
Followed the suggestion to use a screen to keep them standing.
It worked like a charm.
I used screws to hold the screen up, so I could adjust it to fit the boolets.
If they touch the screen, I want it to touch above the riding surface.
These are about the shortest boolets I'm going to coat, and it worked out great.
After baking, I remover the tray and removed the screen while still hot.
I was hoping with the coating still soft, it might cover up any bare spots from touching the screen.
Looking at them, I don't see any bare spots from the screen.
Looks like another problem solved.
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