Coated 125gr SWCHP's. Anyone making them?

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I'm wondering if there's anyone out there producing coated 125gr SWCHP's. Seems like they may be a decent alternative to my dwindling supply of Nyclads but they're nowhere to be found.
 
It is unlikely any commercial bullet caster is making SWC-HP bullets.

The mold doesn't play well with automatic casting machines due to the separate nose punch needed to form the HP cavity.

The ones you do find from Speer & Hornady are swaged from soft lead, not cast.
And not coated either.

rc
 
rcmodel said:
It is unlikely any commercial bullet caster is making SWC-HP bullets.

The mold doesn't play well with automatic casting machines due to the separate nose punch needed to form the HP cavity.

The ones you do find from Speer & Hornady are swaged from soft lead, not cast.
And not coated either.

rc
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I have a bunch of those soft Speer 158gr. LSWCHP's. I like shooting them, but they seem to make a smokey mess and I'm not comfortable driving them too hard.
 
I make my own SWCHP bullets by swaging 125 gr. cast and lubed bullets on my Swag-o-Matic press. Of course they aren't powder coated, but they work for my needs. The only problem with them is my swaging die makes them .357" in diameter, so I add a gascheck when I swage them to prevent leading. It requires the SWC-HP nose punch, but I have a couple of those, so it's not really a problem.

Hope this helps.

Fred
 
ReloaderFred said:
I make my own SWCHP bullets by swaging 125 gr. cast and lubed bullets on my Swag-o-Matic press. Of course they aren't powder coated, but they work for my needs. The only problem with them is my swaging die makes them .357" in diameter, so I add a gascheck when I swage them to prevent leading. It requires the SWC-HP nose punch, but I have a couple of those, so it's not really a problem.

Hope this helps.

Fred
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Very interesting.
 
I have a bunch of those soft Speer 158gr. LSWCHP's. I like shooting them, but they seem to make a smokey mess and I'm not comfortable driving them too hard.
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Powder coat them yourself with the stuff from Harbor Freight. Folks here can tell you what to get and how to do it.
 
Walkalong said:
Powder coat them yourself with the stuff from Harbor Freight. Folks here can tell you what to get and how to do it.
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What's the best way to remove the existing lube? I would imagine you would need a clean surface for the powder coating.
 
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