simple Hi-Tek coating

[HI-TEK]

I, for one, am hoping it is a big vacation--THE big vacation.

We don't need the likes of him around here ever again.

I'm pretty resistant to change. I don't have a smart phone, have had the same pickup for over twenty years, don't like plastic guns, don't like black guns. . .

But what Hi-Tek and Ausglock bring to the table is staggering. I've been working with their powders and finally got to shoot some Hi-Tek coated boolits this week. The results exceeded my expectations.

No, we don't need the likes of Frank around here.

Hi Recluse,
Glad that you were happy with your test results.
Thank you for posting, much appreciated.

[popper]

Dry gold in 300BO to 1750fps, no leading and reasonable accuracy for AC 2days ago. 145 gr. PB gold or PC same results. Now to try 1900 fps.

[klcarroll]

Dry gold in 300BO to 1750fps, no leading and reasonable accuracy for AC 2days ago. 145 gr. PB gold or PC same results. Now to try 1900 fps.

Hey Popper

Who's mold are you using for that 145 grain load??

I have been getting good results with the Lee 230 and Hi-Tek in my subsonic loads, but I haven't found a mid-range boolit that has made me happy in the faster loadings. (......And I REALLY want to get away from those expensive .30 caliber "J-Words"!!)

[Avenger442]

Looking good Popper.
I've not got the setup to do PC and have been wondering when someone would compare.

[Ausglock]

Playing with 3 new bronze coatings today.
One of them is going to be almost looking like jacketed pills.
Bronze 530. I'll post a few photos when I'm done.

[kryogen]

Playing with 3 new bronze coatings today.
One of them is going to be almost looking like jacketed pills.
Bronze 530. I'll post a few photos when I'm done.

oh thats awesome, i love by brown copper, already quite close enough. Post your pics vs a brown copper if you can to compare.

cant wait till monday to try again. Going to cast and coat some 9 mm. Getting into ppc i need a load thats works and doesnt lead.

[Chey-Cast Bullets]

Howdy to all from Cheyenne WY. I LOVE THIS PAGE!!!! I think i have done my homework and HI TEK powder looks great. We will be us candy apple red powder for all our bullets.

[HI-TEK]

Howdy to all from Cheyenne WY. I LOVE THIS PAGE!!!! I think i have done my homework and HI TEK powder looks great. We will be us candy apple red powder for all our bullets.

Howdy right back at you.
Glad you joined this fine group.
Would love to see your coated products, can you post some?

[Ausglock]

Bronze 500


Bronze 502


Bronze 530


Notice how the test bullets get smashed.......

[Ausglock]

Dark Olive


Old Gold


Gunmetal Grey (Blue Grey) Gray for all you heathens in the USA...


There are still another 7 samples to test. I'll post them as I get them done.
All the above samples are 100% usable. I'm firing all these tomorrow in a Springfield 1911A1 9mm.

[farmerjim]

Ausglock, I see you are using MEK instead of acetone. Do you find that it works better? It is the same price as acetone at the local hardware store.

[kryogen]

The gunmetal color is awesome

[Avenger442]

I like the gunmetal, too. For some reason it always makes me think of James Bond? Of course Bond would have never been caught dead in a cowboy hat but couldn't find my other guy.

I can see it coming. Going to get hooked on colors and have to buy more. Up until now only been interested in the performance. Now that I have that will have to have color too. The heathen do love color. Of course the Christian in me loves it too.

[Ausglock]

Ausglock, I see you are using MEK instead of acetone. Do you find that it works better? It is the same price as acetone at the local hardware store.

MEK is used for testing as it is slower drying and allows the experimental coatings longer to coat before "going off"

For production coating, I use Acetone.
As you can see. the colour of the mixed coating is very different from the final baked colour. The Gunmetal grey was expected to be sky blue. Didn't happen.
The Dark Olive was expected to be lime green.
This is why it is so hard to try and get a Pink or light blue.
Currently there are 48 powder samples and 34 liquid samples under my bench. I have tipped out probably the same amount of liquid samples on the weeds.

MEK is hard to get in OZ. none of the local hardware stores carry it. They only have Acetone.
HITEK Joe sends a few litres of MEK when he sends samples for testing.

Bullet coating isn't the only thing the crafty old bugger makes. He has specialty lubes for mining equipment (under ground and above ground), aerospace industries, automobile manufacturing, etc etc. If you are after a special lube (wet or dry) give him a cooee.

[Ausglock]

Candy Apple red and Kryptonite green on Hardline 45ACP 230gn RN Bevel base.

[Chey-Cast Bullets]

i need to know hi-tek powder grams to cups measurement and ml to oz i am old school. thanks

[Ausglock]

i need to know hi-tek powder grams to cups measurement and ml to oz i am old school. thanks

Hahahahaha..... I am constantly amazed at how the USA is stuck in the 17th century when it comes to weights and measures.
The rest of the world uses metric, and it is universally understood. the USA uses ounces, spoons, cups, pails, drums, tanks, pennyweights, pigs trotters, dogs scrotums etc etc ... .

Your medical people use metric, steal some of their metric syringes for measuring...

[farmerjim]

You should have a powder scale, so 1 gram = 15.4 grains . 1 ml = 0.0338 oz
20 grams to 100 ml = 308 grains to 3.38 oz

[farmerjim]

Before electronic calculators, metric was so much easier to use in chemistry and physics. With the electronic calculators it is just as easy in the english measurement system.

[dsa]

i need to know hi-tek powder grams to cups measurement and ml to oz i am old school. thanks

3 tablespoons is 20g (+/- a gram) and 118ml's is 1/2 cup.