Hollow points

[Groo]

Groo here
I am looking at coating boolets and would like to know:
Which system works best with HP and what would work with medium speed rifle [ 300 blk, 30-30, 45-70 etc]?

[ipijohn]

Groo here
I am looking at coating boolets and would like to know:
Which system works best with HP and what would work with medium speed rifle [ 300 blk, 30-30, 45-70 etc]?

I load all of my as cast HP boolits nose down on a plate made with "un popped" pop rivets in an aluminum plate. Shoot them with ESPC, cook, size, load and shoot.

[Jupiter7]

Using the BBDT method, depending on width of the HP, BB's will get stuck in the HP's. A royal pain. And no they are not a poor mans version of corbon's powerball. The BB's will melt and stink during the bake/cure process. Smaller HP's work fine.

[ipijohn]

Using the BBDT method, depending on width of the HP, BB's will get stuck in the HP's. A royal pain. And no they are not a poor mans version of corbon's powerball. The BB's will melt and stink during the bake/cure process. Smaller HP's work fine.

BB's are made out of steel? Did you mean Air Soft BB's?

[Spawn-Inc]

BB's are made out of steel? Did you mean Air Soft BB's?

plastic airsoft ones are used because of the static build up they have when swirled with the #5 containers.

[Jupiter7]

^^^ yep, that's what I was referring to. Tumbling soft lead with steel BB's seems like a recipe for ugly boolits.

[Handloader109]

You don't need no stinking BBs to powder coat bullets. :) Just drop in plastic tub and swirl, but I think the HPs should probably be sprayed in most cases, most guys are doing what ipijohn is suggesting or something similar.