Coated Cast Bullets??

[floydster]

Sky, I haven't had a chance to do a test yet, the coat really turned out nice considering just a dry coat, ( actually two coats) and baked.

I am using Powder by the Pound, blue and green. A fun project--i want to get rid of the lube mess in my guns:)

Smokeyloads

[goatroper]

Here are some of my powder coated bullets, 200 gr. RNFP.
Dry tumbled in my small drum tumbler, 1/2 tps. powder.
Baked at 400 degrees for 20 min.

Those look a lot better than most I have seen done not using a powder coat spray gun, care to elaborate on your techniques???

[Rip Van Winkle]

Here are some of my powder coated bullets, 200 gr. RNFP.
Dry tumbled in my small drum tumbler, 1/2 tps. powder.
Baked at 400 degrees for 20 min.

PC bullets.jpg

Is it just the lighting, or are half of them green?

ETA: Never mind. I see where you did use blue and green.

[floydster]

I cast the bullets using a Lee mold, then size using a Lee sizer, no lube.
I have a small Harbor frieght drum tumbler, put in about 50 bullets and 1/2 teaspoon powder.
Tumble for about 3-5 minutes, stand them up on a cookie sheet, put them in my toaster oven,
bake for about 15- 20 minutes--repete the second time while the bullets are still quite warm.

Let cool, size again using no lube. Use Reynolds none stick foil to put the bullets on in the oven.
I think this is the next best thing to using a powder coat gun.

Good luck:)

[Pat Cannon]

Let me know how well they work. If everything looks good I may try a few.

I couldn't be happier. Almost like shooting jacketed/plated bullets. Almost no smoke. I'll be ordering more from them when these are gone.

Yep, I saw little or no smoke at all. Which bullets did you get, the round nose, and if so did you taper crimp them?

[goatroper]

I cast the bullets using a Lee mold, then size using a Lee sizer, no lube.
I have a small Harbor frieght drum tumbler, put in about 50 bullets and 1/2 teaspoon powder.
Tumble for about 3-5 minutes, stand them up on a cookie sheet, put them in my toaster oven,
bake for about 15- 20 minutes--repete the second time while the bullets are still quite warm.

Let cool, size again using no lube. Use Reynolds none stick foil to put the bullets on in the oven.
I think this is the next best thing to using a powder coat gun.

Good luck:)

Thank you, really look good.

[SkyRock]

Let me know how well they work. If everything looks good I may try a few.

I couldn't be happier. Almost like shooting jacketed/plated bullets. Almost no smoke. I'll be ordering more from them when these are gone.

Yep, I saw little or no smoke at all. Which bullets did you get, the round nose, and if so did you taper crimp them?

158 gr. flat point. I've got some Laser Cast like that (for outdoor use), so I just kept the same configuration.

[Jack's My dog]

Anybody try these out of a .44 Mag? From what I have been reading it looks like they could be better suited to the caliber than the plated bullets like Berry's and Extreme for the caliber.


Here is a vid from Bayou Bullets if you haven't seen it already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS-MUUaHx78