Did my first PC Boolits from Harbor Freight yesterday.. Red, ln honor of Santy!! Bought the spray gun too in case the 'shake n bake' method didn't work.. Got a $19 Bella toaster oven from Lowe's and $2 worth of machinists mesh from local hardware store.
Back at home l make the mesh tray first. Next l select 90 250gr 44 Keiths l had cast earlier this month. Drop them into a #5 Tupperware along with a teaspoon of Harbor Freight RED... A minute of shaking and the boolits get dumped onto wire tray and into the oven @400F for 20 minutes. They came out splotchy/stippled, not fully covered. So l repeat the process. Second time around they come out fully covered, but still a bit stippled.. After cooling l miked them with my digital calipers. They came out .4365!! Wow, almost .008'' of coating. Finally l allowed them to cure/cool app 8 hrs. Next l sized them with my Lee .429 sizer... My Mitatoya caliper reads .4285''!! l had squeezed those boolits .008''!! No scuffing or flaking on the boolits from sizing at all.. That Harbor Freight RED is really tough stuff... lts off to Shooters indoor range tomorrow.. Will report back afterwards.
Merry Christmas
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