Originally Posted by
kcinnick
They use it in Australia. I found out the "Copy cat" isn't a copy cat, they got permission from the manufacture to distribute in the US, but the original seller is willing to sell direct to me since the company hasn't even placed an order to export to the US yet. There are copy cats out there however, and I will not say who is using a copy of the coating, and I hope nobody supports those that steel proprietary formulas. I have also found out what the coating is on the coated bullets offered in the US, but I will not divulge that since it is being used off label, but I can say nobody is even close to getting it. The powder coat is OK if it where to have a stable lubricant at the heat and pressure produced by the firearms, however it is more effective to have the solid lubricant placed in a liquid to cure/dry to coat the bullets. Also, with tumble coating and heat curing you can process way more bullets than powder coat, and if you get a formula that works with surface area vs how much coating you can repeat the process with consistency. We are working on getting a quote to get it sent to the port of New Orleans and if I can swing it I am going to buy it. I will most certainly have to repackage it for individuals since it comes in 5 liter bottles and one liter covers 60k bullets, and you can dilute it with acetone to get more coverage. 2-3 thin layers diluted is stronger than one coat full strength. It is certainly not cheap, it runs more than the 28a, closer to the 9a heat cure moly Sandstrom. I am probably going with the original color, which is a color changing coating that turns from blue to green, you know it is cured when it reaches a certain color of green. Most other colors available are metallic, yellow, copper, gold, etc. but they cover less and cost more money.
I think I also figured out the lubricant used on the Hi-tek supercoat, but it is not widely available in the US, and is very expensive, it is probably going to be cheaper to import.