lead bullets coated with polymer paint

[bartman]

I will get one if you can get ahold of the guy. Just try to figure out the total cost and how to apply it.

[Windy City Kid]

I would be in for one litre if a few other people want to split the shipping to the USA.

I wonder what the shipping would be to the USA?

[Four Fingers of Death]

I have been contacted by Joe. He said that he had a phone call from someone in the States to his cell phone and the reception at his end was awful. He doesn't know who it was from. Ifth eperson concerned could contact him on his landline (cheaper anyway) he will answer any queries.

He stated separetly that someone from Bayou Bullet Co contacted him.

He is keen to do business in the States and anyone who is interested should contact him or give me your contact details so I can pass them on.

I am not affiliated with Joe or J&M, I just have ended up being a contact after getting involved in this thread.

I have been using bullets with his coatings for many years and he turns out a first rate product, which is totally safe to use, so I don't have any qualms about referring him or helping who I can. Mick.

[Windy City Kid]

Four Fingers,

In post # 174 you gave us a link to his phone number.

Which phone number is his landline?

Is it the 9004 number or the 9304 number?

PM me his landline number.

Thanks,

WCK

[Four Fingers of Death]

+61 2 6556 9004 is the landline. Good luck.

[Windy City Kid]

Four Fingers,

When is the best time of the day to call Joe?

This would be Eastern Daylight Time.

Thanks,

WCK

[Four Fingers of Death]

Between 9-5 Monday to Friday I would imagine. Eastern Standard time (Sydney/Vladivostok time).

[PAT303]

I would be very keen to get some of this ''paint'' and try it.I think if it does what it's said it does we could see the end of grooved boolits and smooth sided aka jacketed boolits could be the future.I would really like to shoot a .303 cartridge loaded with a nice red coloured dry lubed 180-200grn .316dia boolit or green 150grn .268 6.5x55 number. Pat

[Four Fingers of Death]

A lot of occasional black powder cowboy shooters (we have a few BP only shoots, probably the same everywhere) that use the coated bullets with BP. They generally use an overpowder wad and a grease cookie. The funny thing is I tried to pan lube a bunch using Pearl Lube from Darstardly Dan (Big Lube moulds). No way Jose' would it stick to the bullets! I ended up having to use a cookie. I have never tried running them through a lube sizer.

Interesting stuff.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I would be very keen to get some of this ''paint'' and try it.I think if it does what it's said it does we could see the end of grooved boolits and smooth sided aka jacketed boolits could be the future.I would really like to shoot a .303 cartridge loaded with a nice red coloured dry lubed 180-200grn .316dia boolit or green 150grn .268 6.5x55 number. Pat

Hawkesbury River Bullets sell a coated 303 Bullet, 180Gn from memory. Why not try them out? They are Turquoise/Blue however. I think they also sell Black coated bullets, called Blackhawks.

[wrinkles]

Has anybody tried a metallic paint? For example rustoleum silver metallic paint used to paint pipes and tanks? I have some at home I need to dig out of storage and try sometime.

[finishman2000]

youwouldn't want to use paint. the stuff will more than likely goo up the rifling and act like a leaded up barrel. a coating that that cross links.... aka... one that will not wet back out with solvent is what is needed if you want to try it.


anyone moving forward on this? i would like to give it a try but kinda don't see how this works since all my heads need to be sized. i wonder if they use "special" molds that are slighty undersized compared to normal molds.

[Four Fingers of Death]

youwouldn't want to use paint. the stuff will more than likely goo up the rifling and act like a leaded up barrel. a coating that that cross links.... aka... one that will not wet back out with solvent is what is needed if you want to try it.


anyone moving forward on this? i would like to give it a try but kinda don't see how this works since all my heads need to be sized. i wonder if they use "special" molds that are slighty undersized compared to normal molds.

Heads? No offence, but we call them boolits around here, lol.

In my mates little sweatshop, he has a big Star lubesizer just as you come into the shop. and he offers the bullets sized to what you require, eg, 427 or 429, etc. I will have to check that one out.

[plamenti]

Yesterday I made my first painted boolits. The paint is from Italy and here is the link - http://www.inver.com/en/.
Im very satisfied from the result. Last year I shot only with painted boolits (http://www.ares-gun.sk/?lang=english and http://ammo.dynamic-arms.com/)- no lead in the barrel, excelent accuracy and...5 % less powder compared with FMJ.
I made three different types 9x19 (Lee 124 Grain Tumble Lube Truncated Cone and 125 Grain 2 Ogive Radius, RCBS 147 Grain Flat Nose) and one .40 (Lee 175 Grain Truncated Cone)
Here is my result:



It's easy and very cheap. The needed paint for one boolit costs $0.002!!! Yes, for $0,01 you can paint five boolits. I buy 1 kilo for $5, and with this quantity I can paint approximatealy 3K boolits.

Best regards from Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

[wrinkles]

Do you paint them then size them or size then paint?

[Four Fingers of Death]

Thats interesting plamenti, but what is the exact product? The link just opened up a site.

After learning about the dangers of using teflon at high temps and pressures, I'd be wanting to make sure the paint was free of it before I used it.

[plamenti]

Do you paint them then size them or size then paint?

First paint, then size with Lee boolits sizer dies. I "bake" the boolits in one old stove - 30 minutes, 180 degree Celsius.
This is my Powder Coating Gun - http://www.eastwood.com/original-hot...ing-gun-1.html
Here is my whole equipment:



Four Fingers of Death, I'm sorry, my mistake - you can use any kind of Epoxypolyester powder paint. Here - http://www.inver.com/en/powder_coati...yester/78/788/ . Here is the site of the distributor in my country Bulgaria - http://plasto.bg/articledetails.php?ArticleID=25 .
I don't know what is the equivalent of this Epoxypolyester powder paint in US.
I use withe paint, becouse is the cheapest. The collor is not important for the quality. With the other links I just want to show what kind ot boolits you can make. I don't hear about any dangers of using polimer painted boolits and I can't say anything.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I don't hear about any dangers of using polimer painted boolits and I can't say anything.

It is the Teflon that is the problem apparently, not Polymers.

Thanks for your helpful response.

[ScorpioMk]

Anyone seen/tried the bear creek moly coated bullets? Searching that name doesnt bring up much on the site and doesnt seem to have been brought up in this thread.

[Hang Fire]

Yesterday I made my first painted boolits. The paint is from Italy and here is the link - http://www.inver.com/en/.
Im very satisfied from the result. Last year I shot only with painted boolits (http://www.ares-gun.sk/?lang=english and http://ammo.dynamic-arms.com/)- no lead in the barrel, excelent accuracy and...5 % less powder compared with FMJ.
I made three different types 9x19 (Lee 124 Grain Tumble Lube Truncated Cone and 125 Grain 2 Ogive Radius, RCBS 147 Grain Flat Nose) and one .40 (Lee 175 Grain Truncated Cone)
Here is my result:



It's easy and very cheap. The needed paint for one boolit costs $0.002!!! Yes, for $0,01 you can paint five boolits. I buy 1 kilo for $5, and with this quantity I can paint approximatealy 3K boolits.

Best regards from Bulgaria, Eastern Europe

Those boolits look damn good to me, thanks for posting pics and information.

What if any was the build up?