midland man
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so spray painting lead bullets? has anyone here tried that and how'd did it work for you, what kind of spray paint used, accuracy, etc? thanks!
not sure, way I understand it is they are spray painting them to make them keep from leading I guess but I never heard this before until I read this on a another forum! so I wondered if anyone has done it on this forum?To what end? I have never heard of any one painting bullets but that doesn't mean it hasn't been done.
i'm not yet just saw where someone else is doing this so wanted to see if anyone else is doing it and their thoughts about it!What are you using as a "spray paint"?
I have never tried spray painting bullets. Paint is a coating that uses a evaporating carrier to distribute the pigment across the surface. I would be concerned that the pigment would be removed by the mechanical stress of engaging the rifling and foul the barrel.
Ants,
Go over to Castboolits and look in the coatings and alternatives forum. You'll see several years' worth of experience and hundreds of users' experience with powder coating.
wow I love them green bullets!!I use the powder coat procedure described by rsrocket1. Here is a pic of a tray of .44s and .45s that I snapped as they cooled after removing them (replacing them with another tray of bullets) from the toaster oven that I had setup on the patio.
nice work there!!Ants,
Go over to Castboolits and look in the coatings and alternatives forum. You'll see several years' worth of experience and hundreds of users' experience with powder coating. Less than a teaspoon's worth of $5/pound powder coat, some non-stick aluminum foil or parchment paper, a used Cool Whip tub and a $5 toaster oven from Goodwill and you'll have beautifully coated non barrel-leading bullets. Of course the #1 priority is properly fitted bullets to your barrel but a properly fitting PC bullet will not lead a barrel. Time spent powder coating: I spent 2 hours on Sunday afternoon coating 600 .40 cal bullets and another hour on the push through sizer to get them to 0.401". Unfortunately that will only last me about 3 shooting sessions because I've been on sort of a 40 S&W tear lately.
Pics from earlier coating sessions:
I think that it comes down to ... you can shoot cheap(er) lead bullets without having to mess with the lube (to include to larger clean-up chore) or worry about leading in the bore ... in addition, the PC bullets can make some interesting-looking cartridges.Am I missing something. What's the reason for spending time doing this. I guess it's worth while if you like pretty bullets. Sorry I don't get it.
ants wrote:
I only tested 100 bullets with Krylon barbeque paint. Result:
The barrel looked the same as 100 lead bullets with wax lube.
#1 reason is so you don't have to spend $200 on a lubrisizer and the requisite dies. There's some evidence out there that PC lead bullets can be cast softer thus more likely to obturate and seal without leading. Plus if you need to size, a $20 lee sizer kit will do just fine after PC is baked on. And some people swear that PC will actually help remove any existing leading if correctly sized bullets are used.Am I missing something. What's the reason for spending time doing this. I guess it's worth while if you like pretty bullets. Sorry I don't get it.
I don't cast my own bullets so I guess that's why I'm out of the loop on this. Do look pretty though.