Powder Coating Cast Bullets

[swampratt]

Straight water quenched wheel weight is plenty hard for all my faster stuff.
Too hard and you can get leading, as the bullet will be too hard to bump up and seal and the powder will blow around the bullet.
HOT Powder around the bullet that is...then you have terribly fouling.
My wheel weight lead and simple Lee alox on a gas checked bullet has seen 2000 fps in my 30-30
That is a 172gr bullet.
Of course gas check helps a bunch.

My wheel weight 200gr 45acp bullets do not expand at all when shot into oak or hard soil at 625-850fps.
They actually look good enough to load and shoot again.

I do not shoot steel with those.. as they will ricochet.
I have done a 50/50 mix soft and wheel weight for the 45 acp
and 2/3 wheel weight and 1/3 soft for the 357 mag.
I have used the same 357 mix in my 30-30 with no leading issues.
Sized right and good lube.

Are you guys worried about leading or just want to make a lead bullet look like a non lead bullet?

 

[dennishoddy]

I suspect they are talking about moly coating so wax lube isn't required, and it doesn't look like shooting black powder?

 

[okietom]

Powder coating would make some cool looking bullets. You could do bullets in colors.

Would silver powder coating work on vampires?

You could make your own zombie bullets in neon green.

You could make hunter orange for deer hunting.

You could even use the colors to identify what load you had if you were loading the same case for different purposes or guns.

I want to know more.

 

[Blitzfike]

The soft lead wire used is smaller in diameter and gets formed into the die under pressure. I swage 223 bullets using fired 22 rimfire cases to make the jackets from. I cast the cores and they are a loose fit into the jacket. As they are seated into the core and then put into the pointing die, the lead deforms to completely fill the jacket. I can adjust the bullet weight to what ever I want from about 40 grains out to 65 grains. My best target bullets come out at 57 grains. I tried using dead soft lead and it will work, but the regular casting alloy gives me a better bullet that hangs together at higher velocities. I can make a more accurate bullet than I can buy with that method. I am using the Corbin die set.