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 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 11:49 AM
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My latest cast & coated creation 150 Gr and a mild charge of 4227. shot excellent after adjusting for POI Change.  
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 11:55 AM
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Coat those bright red and you can put lipstick on a pig. Errr, maybe in a pig. 
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 03:02 PM
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What are you coating them with, and why?
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 03:35 PM
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Mickey Moose
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Should microstamp the Superman "S" on the tip.
My botnet is bigger than yours.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 03:37 PM
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I think its a baked powder coat on the bullets. I think it helps with lead fowling in the barrel or maybe allows you to run them faster with out deforming? 
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 03:43 PM
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Yes...this is a cast boolit designed for powder coating. From experiments they can go a bit over 2000fps without lube and can be quite accurate.
I plan on trying them in my 30-06 and .308. I can cast and coat 100s of these for alil bit of not much. Really fun inn 300BO
Last edited by Blanco; 01/16/17 03:47 PM.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 03:47 PM
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You will need to clean the barrel HEAVILY after shooting these though any rifle if you switch back to naked bullets. It will also coat the barrel when shooting. Some of the guys that I talk to that have accuracy issues had been shooting some form of coated bullets and mixing their ammo with naked bullets without cleaning. It changes the consistency inside the barrel, which leads to bad groups. If you go coated bullets, stick with it. If you want to try them, plan for a lot of cleaning to get the coatings out, and lots of fouling shots. IMO, it's not worth it. But it works for some if 100% committed.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 03:49 PM
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The people you know must be doing it wrong. I get Zero lead and Zero residue. No mess at all. They have a speed limit though.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 04:09 PM
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What? You coat a non-jacketed lead bullet with a thin paint, shoot a semi soft lead bullet down a metal tube that grips the lead and twists the bullet to spin at 200,000-250,000 rpm's, with super hot gas and 55,000+ psi pressure behind it, and you think there is zero lead and zero residue left behind. Think about that!
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 04:19 PM
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I'll send you some to test if you like. I have been coating cast lead boolits for several years. It took a while to get this performance. It works well for me.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/16/17 04:19 PM
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�The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.�
Mark Twain
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 12:18 AM
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 12:20 AM
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How about John Deer Green? 
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 12:35 AM
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Can you put John Deere yellow stripes on those?
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 02:22 AM
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Funny thing is powder coat will not mix and blend with other colors like paint. You wind up getting splotches of each color you add
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 02:36 AM
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So, I guess little piggy graphics for terrorist hunting are just out of the question.  I guess if they shoot good, a solid color is okay. You could load those BOs with roundnose coated bright pink, though, and they'd look just like lipstick. I wonder how many ladies would go nuts over that. You know how they are...bless their hearts. 
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 02:44 AM
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Blackout is an excellent choice for cast bullets. You can run them nearly full power, unlike a 308 or 30-06 that is limited to about 2/3 its potential velocity.
I've shot thousands of cast bullets through rifles with no ill effects, although mine are all gas checked.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:01 AM
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I've never fooled with cast for rifle calibers, but it's about all I load in handguns...some gas checked, some not. When done right, leading is not a problem whatsoever.
Powder coating hasn't been around all that long, but I keep seeing some interesting reports of success. It's intriguing on account of not having to deal with sticky lubes, but I wonder about doing 1000 at a time. Those danged colored bullets are purty, too. If I tried it, I might end up hating all the lube sizing crap I've got...that's about as bad as buying 16 pounds of a good powder that gets replaced by a spectacular powder. Maybe worse.
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:05 AM
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I've never fooled with cast for rifle calibers, but it's about all I load in handguns...some gas checked, some not. When done right, leading is not a problem whatsoever.
Powder coating hasn't been around all that long, but I keep seeing some interesting reports of success. It's intriguing on account of not having to deal with sticky lubes, but I wonder about doing 1000 at a time. Those danged colored bullets are purty, too. If I tried it, I might end up hating all the lube sizing crap I've got...that's about as bad as buying 16 pounds of a good powder that gets replaced by a spectacular powder. Maybe worse. I've kicked it around as well but never have made the plunge.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:08 AM
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Not the same coating but remember the Barnes XLC bullets before the days of TSX when they were using a blue photographic coating on their X bullets to reduce friction 
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:09 AM
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What mold do you use? Do you know your mv?
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:22 AM
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 John Deer Green?
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:29 AM
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Nice, but i like tje blue ones better. Got pink? 
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: 300 Blue out
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01/17/17 03:45 AM
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Interestingly enough I do ... A buddy wanted some pink 9mm for his wife's birthday he got her a new XD carry XDS?
and wanted her to be pretty in pink
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