A few months ago I posted about some "oversized" milsurp pull-down 150 grain FMJ bullets I have that were supposed to be .308.
I checked them out a little closer today and it turns out that there is old sealant on the bullets and this is the cause of them being "oversized". I fished a few out that didn't have much of it on them and the readings were .308 right on the nose.
So I'm wondering now...
1. is it necessary to remove this sealant? I'd like to load these up as some home made m-80 ball and seal them for long term storage so I'm wondering if sealant plus old sealant will cause any problems.
2. second, what is the best way to get this stuff off. I placed one bullet in nail polish remover (IIRC, nail polish and sealant are pretty close to one another) and it did soften the stuff enough that I could scrape it off with my thumbnail. I'm thinking if I soaked them in nail polish remover for awhile then tumbled the hell out of them to remove the remover...
Think that would work?
Or am I making too much of this?
I checked them out a little closer today and it turns out that there is old sealant on the bullets and this is the cause of them being "oversized". I fished a few out that didn't have much of it on them and the readings were .308 right on the nose.
So I'm wondering now...
1. is it necessary to remove this sealant? I'd like to load these up as some home made m-80 ball and seal them for long term storage so I'm wondering if sealant plus old sealant will cause any problems.
2. second, what is the best way to get this stuff off. I placed one bullet in nail polish remover (IIRC, nail polish and sealant are pretty close to one another) and it did soften the stuff enough that I could scrape it off with my thumbnail. I'm thinking if I soaked them in nail polish remover for awhile then tumbled the hell out of them to remove the remover...
Think that would work?
Or am I making too much of this?