Loading Hi-Tek Coated Bullets

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I'm about to load those Hi-Tek 2 coated 9mm Missouri Bullets I just got but I'm not sure which load data to use. Do I use jacketed data, lead data or treat them like plated bullets?
 
Bayou bullets say to use lead data.

The coating is pretty darn tough. I posted in another forum were I hit the bullet with a propane torch and the lead melted inside the coating. Finally put a pin hole in it and the lead poured out, but the coating pretty much remained the shape of the bullet.

I would not be afraid to load them like plated bullets (halfway of jacketed)
 
I might as well test them if I'm going to use them. I'll load my W231 plinking load and the hotter W231 load and then test the HS-6 and Longshot loads too. If those bullets can withstand my full power Longshot loading that's saying something alright. (usually a FMJ bullet)
 
Arch,

HI-TEK was never meant to REPLACE FULLY JACKETED rifle projectiles.

HI-TEK development continues with the NEW demands of the USA marketplace.

Your results may vary with your lead alloy mixes hardness.

With a TRADITIONAL ELECTROSTATIC Powder Coating (not HI-TEK) a tester is reporting

rifle use and velocities to 2500 fps WITH NO GAS CHECKS.

Looking forward to your HI-TEK test results.
 
Gee, I didn't know powder coating of bullets had been around long enough to be "traditional."


Interesting to see Missouri Bullets getting into the coating game.
Searching around to see what Hi Tek 2 might be, I found quite a number of vendors I had never heard of using the stuff. I wonder if I can get on the Australian stock market and buy shares in J&M Specialized Products.

There are also companies with their own coatings but similar in appearance and effect.
 
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its really not about how hard the coating is it is how well does it obturate in the barrel when fired. The coated lead act just like lead and the plated (especially xtremes) in between lead and jacketed.
 
All interesting stuff about Hi-Tek 2 but did we come to a consensus on the loading?

@moonman16, yes, I know it's not a replacement for jacketed bullets. If I thought that I would not have made this thread. I do appreciate the warning, thank you...

The lead hardness under the coating on the 9mm bullets I bought is 18 BHN.
 
I have loaded about 1K of the Bayou 124gn roundnose in 38 Super. I had been loading the MBC TCFP (IDP # 6) with a medium load of HP38. I loaded the coated with the same charge. I am liking them.
 
actually I spoke with Donnie at Bayou - I'm one of the people with already not enough on my plate to coat my own. He said that softer lead was fine but adding some wheel weights would form in the mold better. He said his bullets where about 8 bhn.
 
Guys, I'm asking about Missouri bullets, not other company's products. Can we please try to stick with what I asked about? The bullets I bought are 18 BHN, not soft lead or swagged bullets.
 
Archangel,

Have you tested them yet? I'm interested in how they perform. I used to load a lot of MBC bullets but I moved away from them when I started shooting 9x19 more and all my other calibers less.
 
I loaded up 50 with different charge weights and 2 powders. I don't think I will be able to shoot them until after the weekend. I will start a new thread and I might even have chrono numbers if I can get to the range where I can set up the chrono.
 
Tilos said:
Ok then...never mind
Silly me I thought by the tittle of this thread, loading hi-tek coated bullets, guys might want to know about what's out there.
With the dicussion about obturation/hardness I thought the use of swaging, rather than casting, is an important fact to mention.

To your point
Talked to MB and they will be also offering coated bullets WITHOUT lube grooves, so I'm waiting for those.
:D
By limiting this thread to newly/just released MB coated bullets only, I don't expect many have any info to add.
jmo
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I appreciate all the input but the main reason for the thread was what load data to use. I did a lot of research on the use of coating on bullets but none of the research turned up which data to use.
 
I try not to post load data and can say I've used the exact same receipes as cast bullets of same/like weights for coated, with good results for 9mm.
:D
 
Generally CAST load data or MIDRANGE Jacketed but NO MORE will get you the results you seek.

jmorris,

The HI-TEK 2 may be referring to a HI-TEK coating that's using the EXTREME 2 CATALYST.
 
ArchAngel, I will be backing up your results with my own shortly as my MBC order will be here by next week. I haven't used MBC coated bullets yet, but all the rest of my coated bullets use either my standard lead charge for that caliber or mid-range jacketed to replicate a JHP.
 
Havok7416 said:
ArchAngel, I will be backing up your results with my own shortly as my MBC order will be here by next week. I haven't used MBC coated bullets yet, but all the rest of my coated bullets use either my standard lead charge for that caliber or mid-range jacketed to replicate a JHP.
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Very good. Comparing two sets of data is always better than data from a single source.

Like I said, I won't be able to shoot them until during the week.
 
Which bullet style did you end up going with? I ordered the 125gr SWC design, but I have some Bayou Bullets 124gr RNs that I have already loaded successfully.
 
Tilos said:
I try not to post load data and can say I've used the exact same receipes as cast bullets of same/like weights for coated, with good results for 9mm.
:D
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Nowhere in this thread did I ask for specific load data or charge weights. I clearly asked for which type of data to use as in lead bullet data ect. I never asked for a charge weight and would not ask for that information on an open forum. :rolleyes:
 
Havok7416 said:
Which bullet style did you end up going with? I ordered the 125gr SWC design, but I have some Bayou Bullets 124gr RNs that I have already loaded successfully.
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I went with the other Hi-Tek bullet, the 124gr LRN one. That might be even better since we will have results from both to report to the forum...
 
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