Ditto..
Type: Posts; User: Ausglock
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
G'day.
Postage is no problem. We are used to paying extra for postage from the US.
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I've been doing this for years with my 12ga loads. Just never thought to mention it.
The Lee sizing ring. I now is a MEC collet Sizer press.
Forum: The Star Equipment Corner
I use the short sizer dies in my Magma size master for the HITEK coated bullets. Really keen to see if Ammohead will ship short dies to Australia. I'm not sure if the Aussie owners of the Magma will...
Not really.
But they look cool with a clear plastic overcard...lol
Forum: Casting Equipment
Build your own.
I did.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-l4F76ixnRE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6h-iTHjP0
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I'd say the mystery metal is letting you down.
I have some 230gn RN .452 that were cast and coated 8 years ago.
from 2.6.92 alloy.
Fired them a few weeks ago and no issues...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I spray Aqualube on the tracks of my roller door on the garage. easy up & down now...
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I find that wet tumbling of brass causes the expander plug to stick in the cases. Dry media tumbling doesn't cause this. If I use wet tumbled brass, I just rub my thumb and finger on my nose or...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
G'day. I had the same problem when coating Lyman 1oz 12Ga slugs. THe one that look like an air rifle pellet.
Instead of mixing the normal mix of 20gms of powder to 100mls of acetone, and then using...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
G'day. For 9mm etc you only need to coats. I run 250 135gn bullets to 6mls of coating mix. or 300 125gn bullets to 6mls of coating mix. the 2 coats at this ratio gives excellent coverage. I use...
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G'day.
Any benchtop oven with convection fan will do. just remember that the thermostat on the oven will not be accurate. you will need a seperate thermometer to set the temp.
Shoot the wax lubed...
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K green is very good.
Brass Magnet..... Mate..... if you can remove the baked coating with acetone, you have not done it right.....no where near right.
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G'day. You might want to cut the sides down to 1/2 to 3/4 inch high. this will allow better airflow around the bullets and prevent hot spots that can cause colour darkening. all my trays are only...
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I like how this Mega thread has quietened down. Everyone that uses HITEK has now got their process sorted out.
A mate in town tried powdercoating some of his hand cast bullets. He came around with...
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Pre-warming the coated bullet before entering the oven for the first bake will cure 90% of the adhesion issues.
mystery alloy is the other 10%. In hot weather, use 10% MEK with 90% Acetone. that...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
So... after 10 years of hitek coating many different alloys and bullet shapes. getting them fired in many different handguns of varying calibres and velocities. I can now say that leading is non...
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G'day. a lot of IPSC Open Div shooters run my bullets. I run them myself in STI Turbor and STI Grandmaster open guns in 38 Supercomp, both at major power factor. Bullets are 2 coats on 125gn Conicals...
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Hotplate is set at 400Deg F.
We run our Autocaster with all our molds coated this way.
Forum: Casting Equipment
G'day. The video is on my setup from a few years ago. I still use it as is, But have fitted a foot switch to start & stop the feeder.
I sized 3000 230gn 45 bullets on the weekend using this setup.
...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
G'day..
I wipe on the bonded with a brush. heat on a hotplate. Let cool and brush off excess with a soft toothbrush.
I got 2 new Lee 6 Cav 200gn .429 molds from Titan last week.
Wiped out with...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
I have used 8 to 10 BHN with 2 coats of HITEK for 230gn RN 45ACP bullets.
Also use 2 coats on 8 BHN alloy for 38 Special target loads.
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Looks great. 3 coats is overkill, but they very appealing to the eye..
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My mate in town has a commercial powder coating business.
he asked if I wanted some powder to coat bullets with..
I laughed at him... Said HITEK is for bullets. Powerdercoat is for everything else....
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |