The first batches.

[gun toting monkeyboy]

So I managed to get my first batches of bullets coated. I used Eastwood maroon. The cheap Amazon toaster oven bakes at between 395-410 degrees, measured with an IR thermometer. I gave them 10 minutes to get up to temperature and 20 minutes to cure. As soon as I figure out how to load pictures on here I will post them. All of them ended up coated, and the coating stayed on even with flattening them with a hammer. But the color looks a little splotchy on some of the bullets. Not perfect, but it's a start.

-Mb

[mroliver77]

My first PC was a few days ago. I inherited a friends shake and bake setup. I am on around batch ten. Getting better with every batch. Even the ugly ones shoot ok with no barrel fouling. Nephew and I cast around 500 9mm and coated them today. New obsession for me. lol

[elginrunner]

there is a slight learning curve to the method of shake, and swirl, and how much powder to put in to be "just right".... I'm still learning but I'm also getting better...

[oley55]

looking forward to your pics. I just did my first batches the last two nights and ran out of bullets to coat. Frankly I am amazed how well they came out and how easy it was. But then I have been reading and prepping for at least a month.

[elginrunner]

https://i.postimg.cc/MKgdbdsK/IMG-20210131-191639.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/0N0nvx9b/IMG-20210125-161712.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/htxMCTw8/IMG-20210205-175508.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

all of these were done by shake and bake method..

[gun toting monkeyboy]

https://i.postimg.cc/0jKkGvTW/20210213-144227.jpg (https://postimg.cc/kR9P90XK)

These are (from top to bottom):

6.8 SPC 109 grain hollow point. These will be sized and have a gas check added. Made with 20:1 alloy. Hopefully I can get these moving pretty fast with the coating and the gas check.

.358" hard cast 158 grain Manstopper bullet. It is essentially a wadcutter designed to sit outside of the case mouth. This mold is off at Hollow Point Molds.com being turned into a .38 version of the old Webley Mk III Manstopper bullet. This one was gas checked and sized prior to being coated. It was sized again afterwards. In the future, I will probably only be sizing and adding the gas check after they are coated.

.40 caliber 175 grain had cast TC. These were the first batch I did. Sized after coating.

https://i.postimg.cc/WbMDxmy9/20210213-144346.jpg (https://postimg.cc/GHmhyDdY)

the .40 caliber bullets. One unsmashed, and one smashed, to test the coating. Yup, it worked.

[Conditor22]

both your boolits look good --- Passing the smash test doesn't mean the boolits are fully cured