It's acrylic rather than epoxy/polyester like the Eastwood Mirrors -- but we'll see
Lyman 452424 (30:1). Problem is discerning what's bare and what's coated now.
We'll see how it holds up in the mid-high 20's in psi
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It's acrylic rather than epoxy/polyester like the Eastwood Mirrors -- but we'll see
Lyman 452424 (30:1). Problem is discerning what's bare and what's coated now.
We'll see how it holds up in the mid-high 20's in psi
Please report back on it's durability. I like the look and want to try it if it holds up.
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And ... it's Lone Ranger Approved for making up those silver boolit loads ...
I love it !
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Tier-II w/ (effectively) pure lead to calibrate QuickLoad
Will kick it up to 25ksi/1,700+ next time out
NOTE: Actually Lyman 452424
Last edited by mehavey; 07-21-2022 at 01:46 PM.
That Marlin hated that (452424) bullet at high speeds/pressures -- any coating/any alloy.
Went back to my old Heavy standby....
Actual (LABRADAR) velocity: 1,410 fps
Last edited by mehavey; 07-25-2022 at 11:15 AM.
Kicked it up to 42,000 and a Scope
Last edited by mehavey; 07-31-2022 at 09:17 PM.
I use Eastwood black. I thought about the silver or chrome which I like the looks of, but discarded that idea for sorting purposes when double coating. The black makes things easier to tell the hit and misses in my coating. I use the Shake and Bake method with a nose down bake in a rack.
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That chrome will it dry tumble?
Dry tumble ... as in ALOX ?
(or did you mean something else -- like completed rounds?)
Last edited by mehavey; 08-03-2022 at 11:58 AM.
Shake and bake...?
Having just discovered it, Single-Stage Reflective Chrome is the fastest/easiest
of ALL the powders I've ever tried (15 so far), to Shake-Coat (w/AirSoft BBs)
-- even better than my previous Eastwood standards of Mirror Red for #2,
Mirror Green for 30:1, Ford Light Blue for Pure lead, and Metallic Purple for WW.
30-sec shake -- perfect felt coating.
Back on Eastwood Chrome:
350 Legend for Test w/ the Lee 358-200 RF (cast Lym#2)
Have had it up to 50,000psi (calibrated-QL against chrono'd velocity) still leaving absolutely spotless bore
But the 21" WinXPR likes a barrel time of 1.224ms,** and between W296/H110/Lil`Gun for matching loads to that time, I trust RL-7 the most in this cartridge.
That means what you see below:
Note that the XPR is a very light rifle -- `requires firm forearm hold to counter horizontal stringing.
You can attribute ˝" to heartbeat.
** My real powder for this cartridge is Norma 200
Which I haven't seen for sale anywhere since our reaction to "COVID" stopped everything
Last edited by mehavey; 08-07-2022 at 07:09 PM.
That looks like an interesting powder. Does it work well with tumble coating?
I shake the bullets w/ BBs for 30 sec in a TupperWare container.
Boom.... that's it. Powder-covered & go into the oven.
`Never had powder that conducive to fast coverage.
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