Casting lead and ........powder coating???

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Many of my friends who cast and press their own powder burner carts are now powder coating the lead, and having really good results and way less fouling. I can attest as I have shot them. Link is to a powder burner site. 

My pellet molds are on the way ( one is here already!) and was wondering has anyone tried powder coated pellets? I cannot think of any reason other than possibly skirt expansion that it might be an issue. Powder coated boolits pass size fine through a sizer. Not to mention the colors, but i digress. Seems to me that its worth a try. Thoughts?

https://www.snipercountry.com/powder-coating-bullets/







 
I read a thread not long ago where the guy was powder coating slugs to reduce blowby in his lands and grooves of the rifling. But I'm not sure that would benefit a skirted pellet. Take this with a grain of salt because it's just blind speculation on my part at this time. This guy was experimenting with one coat or multiple coatings to make minor changes in diameter of the slugs, for perfect fit and seal.
 
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Agree with lenweber2 on powderburner and large caliber slug shooting airguns. I have proved the same with extensive testing.

I sell Hi quality Powder coating powders all over the world with thousands of customers.

Have a NOE 30 cal pellet mold arriving this week and intend on extensive testing to see if I can get any improvement in accuracy, speed or leading. 

My FX Maverick is shooting JSB 44.85 pellets at 995 fps now so I am getting "some light " leading now.

Give me 2 or 3 weeks and I should have so fairly good answers for you
 
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Agree with lenweber2 on powderburner and large caliber slug shooting airguns. I have proved the same with extensive testing.

I sell Hi quality Powder coating powders all over the world with thousands of customers.

Have a NOE 30 cal pellet mold arriving this week and intend on extensive testing to see if I can get any improvement in accuracy, speed or leading. 

My FX Maverick is shooting JSB 44.85 pellets at 995 fps now so I am getting "some light " leading now.

Give me 2 or 3 weeks and I should have so fairly good answers for you
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I ordered the same mold. Another .30 mold from AAO is on its way too. Will be testing those on a Prophet. I also have the noe 25 mold and sizer for both. Sounds like it would be worth it to try powder coating pellets. Are there any paints you would recommend using or advise against? Also, if you were to coat a pre lubed slug/pellet, what would you use to remove the old lube and leave clean for powder?









 
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Are going to dry tumble or ES spray the powder

Have you powdercoated before?



All lube will need to be removed.. acetone then let dry Completely.. couple hrs in the sun will do
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Ive watched both processes being done but this would be my first time solo. Thinking I will most likely tumble to start with. 
 
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I suggest dark colors to start with. They do better for a 1 coat good coverage.

Signal blue, od green, jd green, orange/ brown. Any of those would be my choices

400 degrees fan on in a convection oven 

( make sure with additional internal treatment your oven is T 400 degrees. 90%+ small oven readouts or dials are incorrect) for min 15 minutes minimum 



If you will PM me your email address tomorrow I will email you some application instructions. They are on my shop computer
 
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One of the things I need to find out is how much damage will occur to the pellet skirts during the shaking. You have to shake fairly hard to develop the needed static. 

I may be able to compensate some by using extra bbs as cushion or it may not help at all. 

This and other reasons is why I like to test for myself before saying yes it works for "this or that" application 


 
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Coated bullets have come and gone from the shooting market as a passing fad many times. Old is new again, and they are back.

I don't think there will be any significant improvement at airgun velocity. Old reports noted they worked best between 1200 and 2000 fps. The main improvements noted were from better bore fit and smoothing out a rough bore. Both of which contribute to lead fouling and poor accuracy. 




 
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You may be correct in airguns .

Testing will tell the tell. In powderburners it's makes a sufficient improvement.

Most will see 4% to 5% velocity improvement. Figuring BHN is no longer necessary. You can now shoot much softer lead and NOT worry about leading. Your dies and ammo boxes stay clean. Accuracy will be as good if not better. Powdercoated bullets will be the same clean coating 25 years from now
 
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I have been casting and using Smoke’s powders for my .457 Texan, 
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 and I like it. Not only do I think it helps performance, but I like using different colors for different weight bullets.
 
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