Is the colour change between the two photos a result of additional coats, or just a change in lighting?
Is the colour change between the two photos a result of additional coats, or just a change in lighting?
Personally, I'd rather learn from other peoples' mistakes.
The color change was because of the phone flash. In direct daylight they don't look much different from the no flash pic
.8ml per lb. My bucket has lots of left over from previous batches so if you start with a clean bucket I would start with 1.1ml per
In the instructions they say to use 1ml for 300-350grams of additional bullets. Now I could have read that wrong and they meant after the first 1-3kg where you use 10ml of solution to coat the bucket. Since my bucket was dirty I threw in 5bs and used 4mls. It wouldnt hurt to use more for sure especially if it's the second or third coat. I stop tumbling right when I notice I takes a little more effort to spin in the bucket. I tumbled my bucket too long once and it just left the bullet with a rough surface. You could just throw them back in the bucket with some acetone to "wet" them and swirl again to smooth them out.
Well, there has been much happened since I last posted. I contacted the U.S. agents for BCB Coatings and thier rep (Hi Kristy!) went well above and beyond to work out the shipping issue for me. My initial misgivings about their service were totally unwarranted, and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. I took delivery today of my first shipment of powder, no muss, no fuss, and I'm chomping at the bit to put it into action.
I'm exceedingly grateful to Kristy for all her help, and I can highly recommend the U.S. distributor for first-class service.
Personally, I'd rather learn from other peoples' mistakes.
That's great to hear. I ordered some red from straight shooter supply. I am pretty unhappy with hitek's red because it was flaking off during sizing. And scraping very easy during seating. I'm happy to coat all my newer stuff with BCB red now. I have blue, red, and lime so far and I love how well they adhere to the bullet
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 |