moly coating bullets? bad idea??? m1 garand and ar-15

[brian923]

i was wondering if it would be a bad idea to moly coat some 168 grain amax bullets and use them in my handloads for my m1 garand?? would there be any re-percusions in doing so?? would higer velocities be obtainable since moly is sopposed to reduce the chamber pressure? will it reduce pressure enough to make the rifle not cycle?

was thinking also thinking of coating my lot of .224" bullets for the use in my ar-15?


if there are any good sights on moly coating bullets and or the use of moly coated bullets that you may know of, it would be appreciated. thanks guys, brian

 

[30Cal]

You can gain a little velocity by bumping up your powder charges, but not by much. Or you can use your same charge and get a very slight reduction in pressure and velocity. Either way, it's not enough to affect drop/wind drift.

I did moly bullets for a year for my highpower competition rifle. I didn't see any real benefits. Dirty fingers and less free time is what I got out of it.

Moly was popular for a couple years. Not so much now.

 

[Howard B]

I would agree w/ 30cal. When I shot HP, I went through that phase as well. In the end I quit using them for everything except 6.5x284. I could never tell that it made a lick of difference other than being more trouble because they took a different cleaning technique. Howard

 

[brian923]

whats the different cleaning procedure? thanks for the info. i was trying to see if there would be a benifit in maybe getting a little les copper fouling...

 

[Hesenwine]

Moly

I've used Moly for several years. I agree with the poster that said the primary gain is dirty hands and lost time. The tumbler coating method is just too much of a pain in the ass for me.

I sometimes BUY coated bullets if they're available (Berger 40 gr. .204 Rugers are superb), but I don't self-coat any longer.

 

[243winxb]

Berger Bullets & Moly Coatings

Good link on how Berger has coated there bullets. They are no longer doing Moly. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/6mmbr/vpost?id=2826431

 

[30Cal]

whats the different cleaning procedure? thanks for the info. i was trying to see if there would be a benifit in maybe getting a little les copper fouling...

Is the fouling causing accuracy issues? My advice on service rifle bores (especially high mileage/pitted): do an adequate job to prevent corrosion. It'll almost certainly shoot poorly if you clean it well. I do about 10-15 passes with a brush and solvent and four or five sets of wet/dry patches, then put it away.

Many people believe that any rifle bore must be cleaned until spotless. I don't.

 

[33rowdy]

Is their any advantage or disadvantages of using a moly bullet and not having a moly barrel?

 

[Afy]

Moly is passe go HbN or more popularly known as boron nitride.

 

[Bart B.]

When on an international long range rifle team in South Africa, we did a test one day of practice and getting zeros. Half of us used naked bullets and half used moly coated ones. The naked ones shot about 10% to 20% more accurate.