savagelover
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Question. Do you stand the bullets on end when baking the powder or can you just lay them in the oven? I'm using parchment paper instead of aluminum foil. Thanks
I haven't hammer tested in a while, I only do that now when I get a new powder. It's surprising how it deforms with the lead.I take the time to stand them up. It’s a pain sometimes (30cals) but I prefer to take the extra time for a better finished product, I didn’t spend alllllll that time casting them nicely just to half ass the coating step and have the Bullets be poorly coated or missing spots.
@Mark_Mark what do you mean by the Bullets failing? The coating not staying put? I’d say that’s going to be “under cooked” if I had to guess. You should be able to hammer them flat and not have the coating flake off
It’s been a long time since I have as well, but I haven’t changed my powder or bake time and any recovered bullet I have dug up has always had most of the pc still on the bullet, even when shot at steel and it’s just a flattened coin shape it still has pc on itI haven't hammer tested in a while, I only do that now when I get a new powder. It's surprising how it deforms with the lead.
They look great. Guess I'll have to see if I can recover some of mine in the berm . I'm still surprised at how far they bury them selves. I have found somebody else's with the red paint on them,but they are pretty hard bullets.Here are some Lee .431 200gn rnfp coated in smoked Carolina blue after being dug outta the ground
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Yea they dig in really deep, I was able to recover these easly as there was a buried rock in the ground they were stopping on.They look great. Guess I'll have to see if I can recover some of mine in the berm . I'm still surprised at how far they bury them selves. I have found somebody else's with the red paint on them,but they are pretty hard bullets.
I did the stand up but I didn’t like the base inconsistencies and before I could iron out my processes, I switched to a less build coating and tumble and dump.
Faster and better on target.