Any issues with shooting jacketed bullets and then powder coated bullets?

[Triggerfinger]

Can i shoot jacketed bullets and then powder coated bullets without cleaning the barrel? Any issues with copper fouling and then shooting PC bullets?

[charlie b]

Depends on your barrel, but, no you will probably not have an issue. Just more cleaning than PC bullets alone

[Rcmaveric]

A couple of jacket bullets help clean out a barrel.

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[Kraschenbirn]

Actually, I've noticed that I seem to get almost NO copper fouling in my CF rifles when I shoot jacketed after a 'few'...maybe, 25 or so...rounds of PC'd.

Bill

[Triggerfinger]

Thanks guys, I'll see how this works in my 308.

[frankmako]

i do it all the time. pc or fmj bullets mix. never had any problems.

[Phlier]

A "Day at the Range" for me means shooting 500 to 1,000 rounds of PC'd 9mm through one gun. About a year or so ago, I started shooting one mag of FMJ's at the end of the day's shoot to make the barrel easier to clean. It worked so well that I'm still doing it.

[charlie b]

You guys must have 'smoother' barrels than I do.

I did a shoot with cast and then jacketed in my .308. The results were good. Less than 1 MOA with my cast bullets at 200yd and then two groups of ten with jacketed that were a bit more than 1/2MOA (8-12mph cross wind). I will repeat this a few more times just to see how things go but I am happy with it.

I still get copper fouling in the bore, just not as much. Keep in mind that this barrel has always had a lot of copper fouling when shooting jacketed.

[GregLaROCHE]

I shoot a round or two of smokeless, usually PCed, after shooting BP in my .45/70. It makes clean up a lot easer.