Comments thread: December 2014 Photo contest

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

posts your comments and 'extra' photos here.

[Bullwolf]

Before the PC (Powder Coating) craze really caught on giving us a dedicated coating sub forum, I did these Lee 9mm TL356-124-2R Tumble Lube boolits up using some gloss black VHT spray paint back around November 2011.





They worked quite well in my TZ75 at typical pistol ranges. (25 yards or less) Accuracy and function were about the same as my standard 9mm tumble lube load. I didn't think it was worth the time and effort involved to make them though, compared to simply tumble lubing for me.

I got the idea to try a few Powder Coated boolits as well using Pro-Tec fishing jig powder paint thanks to some stuff that 357 Maximum had posted, and was trying at the time.



It was a bigger hassle for me than just plain old Tumble Lubing, but it definitely made a very hard, slippery, and durable coating. I chalked it up as a learning experience, and an interesting way to mark or color special boolits. It definitely was a fun experiment. After that I pretty much lost interest in powder coating my boolits.



- Bullwolf

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Some black colored 9mm Lee TL356-124-2R boolits. Black is a color right?

Yep, Just like the Ford model T

[Bullwolf]

Yep, Just like the Ford model T

You can have any color you want, as long as it's black


- Bullwolf

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

There we go
This time of year, I like to see some color
Up here in MN, Snow has made everything outside my windows white.

Family Portrait:

[cbrick]

There we go
This time of year, I like to see some color
Up here in MN, Snow has made everything outside my windows white.

And just think, Saturday I was mowing the yard.

Rick

[Pinsnscrews]

Hell, I just seeded a brand new patch of grass! No seriously, I just put down grass seed on Saturday.

[RED333]

Here's a colored boolit, a very expensive boolit.

Attachment 123499

Rick

Did you really cast one in, I dare say it, GOLD?
I am calling fowl, no fair bribing the judge!!!
Lobe groves and half checks are bad enough.

[cbrick]

Did you really cast one in, I dare say it, GOLD?
I am calling fowl, no fair bribing the judge!!!
Lobe groves and half checks are bad enough.

Geez, it doesn't look painted does it? No it's not, nothing at all was added to or put on the bullet metal. And no, I didn't promise the bullet to JonB!

Rick

[RED333]

SOOooo how do they group, expand well?

[cbrick]

SOOooo how do they group, expand well?

Well, the group would be one hole at any range fired.

That's got a lot to do with . . . "I only made one of those". Didn't shoot it, what if it was lost? Forever? Never to be found? Again!

Rick

[Bullwolf]

SwedeNelson can cast Purple colored boolits!

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...k-covered-Lino

The above image is the best pink/purple colored Linotype picture I've ever seen. I had always wondered why my printing metal alloys cast purple colored boolits. Figured it was some kind of lead alchemy voodoo.

Some of my foundry/Mono/Lino type alloys cast with that same pink/purple surface oxidization hue. It's hard to reproduce on film as nicely as the NOE picture shows however.

You can polish the color off with a paper towel, or tumble it off. I can recognize the alloy at a glance. It never seems to oxidize, or corrode and turn white like pure lead does over time, or when exposed to the elements. Needless to say if it isn't thinned out some, it's harder than heck too.



Rick cheats, his boolits are cast from gold ingots. That's how he cast those golden boolits. Maybe the reason why all of Cbrick's boolits look so perfect too.




- Bullwolf

[xacex]

Some more 311410. Thank you cbrick!

[cbrick]

Some more 311410. Thank you cbrick!

How do they shoot for you? I never did group them on paper. I tried a 4759 load in my Ruger BH 30 Carbine and it was minute of CA ground squirrel and called it good.

Rick

[Beagle333]

Jupiter7, this pic is really nice! 'Gotta love that 270SAA!!


I only did mine in one color.


Also - guncheese, Nice blue balls!
I did a few Zombie Balls one time..... it's kinda fun, even though these'll be riding down the tube in a patch.

[Jupiter7]

Thanks Beagle! I thought I had done pretty good for once

Edit: for the record, those are all done in BBDT method

[xacex]

How do they shoot for you? I never did group them on paper. I tried a 4759 load in my Ruger BH 30 Carbine and it was minute of CA ground squirrel and called it good.

Rick

They do good for me. I am not a professional, but they will do under 2" in a blackout when powder coated, and pushed beyond what I shoot jacketed at. VERY explosive. It will penetrate three water jugs at 100 yards but the third one looks like it was shot with a shotgun, and the first one is split in half and tossed to the side. My go to plinking bullet at the moment for cheap fun. Someday I will sit down and see if I can get MOA at least with one of my guns with it.

[RED333]

You are gona get gigged, one pic is all that is needed.

[xacex]

You are gona get gigged, one pic is all that is needed.

You can put as many as you want here red. The contest page however....Looks like you disqualified yourself already. Oh well, it only for braggin rights. Nice colored boolits. I like the camo 9mm.

[RED333]

Just saying

December 2014 Photo topic: Colored boolits

Colored boolits shouldn't be forced to ride in the back of the bus anymore !
Do you Coat your boolits with PC or something similar ?

Let's see 'em then !


Let me remind everyone, please submit/post only one photo. If you post more than one in this thread, your submission will be DQ'd

If you have more photos you'd like to post, feel free to post them in the comments thread.