Better method for powder coating!!!
Saw this video on powder coating that works almost as good as Hi-Tek coating.
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I’ll be watching for powder coating with some sort of luminescence.
The powder coating puts on some paint color and covers it with a polymer all in one step. It adds 0.001 for a first coat and/or 0.0015” total with a second coat and re-sizing does not effect the coating.
I have yet to get back to shooting my custom .257 Condor but the last I shot it, old me got an 8 inch group at 200 yards. Maybe the Coated bullets will do better but I expect less leading anyways.
I moved into pb pistols for now for self defense in case of SHTF. So, I am beginning learning about powder coating for both my long range air rifle and my pb 9mm and .45.
If your bullets are the right size, why are you making them oversize and possibly causing higher pressures in your air rifle?
Maw, i’m slow at getting all the answers and take on too much at a time because I run out of gas now and then. But I will report when I can.
I LIKE THE IDEA lURKER, may shoot or perform better, keep us posted.
OH, was I bragging again?
But to get back on topic, I powder coated 30 JSB EXACT .22 at 18.3 gr +/-0.1 POWDER COATED RED. A Shake & Bake Special
Damn can’t get the image to resoze for here. I’ll send ot via emaol.
Just by reading your post lurker, something tells me you own a Kimber .45?
Good idea Mike,
I’ll be watching for powder coating with some sort of luminescence.
The powder coating puts on some paint color and covers it with a polymer all in one step. It adds 0.001 for a first coat and/or 0.0015” total with a second coat and re-sizing does not effect the coating.
I have yet to get back to shooting my custom .257 Condor but the last I shot it, old me got an 8 inch group at 200 yards. Maybe the Coated bullets will do better but I expect less leading anyways.
I moved into pb pistols for now for self defense in case of SHTF. So, I am beginning learning about powder coating for both my long range air rifle and my pb 9mm and .45.
I could see doing that with a pellet in maybe a glow in the dark safety yellow to help you track the pellet.
But I do not really see any use in bullets, Unless just to make them look pretty.
But I am all ears on what you guys have to say.
Mike
Can you buy them already coated?
I’m just starting to POWDER COAT. But waiting on a .45 ACP mold so thought I’d do some of my .257s for my airgun.
Learn curve is more of jumping off a cliff.
I screwed up and baked the first few in the kitcken oven. That is a NO NO due to Toxins that can get in your food. So tonight I am setting up al old toaster oven. Eventually I’ll figure it out but all but 1 of the first 22 melted. Set at 400°F the oven got ip to 580. The tray had warped nocking all but the one flat. If I can get a picture to post the one pn the left was properly baked with 2 coats of HF RED at 400°F. The one on the right, with 1 coat of the same, survived 500°.
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That’s a good thought Rrdstarr.
I’ll be watching for more info on that.
So far I hear some water quench bullets for powder burners to add a point or two of BHN hardness to whatever mixture of lead, antimony, and tin they might use.
I have already used Lee Alox on my .257 air rifle bullets and resized them to a custom barrel for long range shooting but I’m no expert.
I gave a few Powder Coated .22 JSB’s to Zonk but my process is not real good yet.
The Powder Coating when done to 400°F appears to impregnate the surface of the lead and is maluable in resizing or if pounded flat with a hammer.
This is just experimental to me but I never heard anyone complain about dangerous pressure when shooting the .25 Black Mamba slugs? Now I am assuming they were powder coated or something similar. They shot good out of my TT Air Force rifle.