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I know this belongs in the bullet casting section, but we seem to have so few casters that I wanted to put it here so more of yall would see them. They are so precious don't ya think.

It's my first try at doing this so they aren't perfect. I just had to do a few real quick since I got the spraying gun thing last weekend. I thought they weren't too bad for a first try.

I'll load up a few when I get the process sorted out a little better, then I'll give a report about how they worked out. I won't know how to act without a bunch of smoke and soot coming out the gap and barrel, and getting all over my revolvers. They sure do size easy with the coat on them. I can see why they say that they shoot a little faster than regular lubed bullets do.

I put some plain base gas checks on a few just to see if they would stay on. They seem to be as tightly locked on as when put on a regular bullet. Also see the one in the front that I smashed several times with a hammer? That stuff held on like super glue. It cracked only when the lead cracked under it.
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Looking forward to your range report on this process Don. Looks real good to me, nice even coat.
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yes please report your findings
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Nice work Don! Look forward to your shooting report. I did move this topic to "Bullet Casting" it will shadow in the "92" forum for a week.
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I hope they are at least as accurate as the traditional way of doing it. I just want to get rid of the smoke and mess associated with the wax lubes. And they are suppose to stop leading completely. Plus they are so pretty!
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I mixed some yellow with the red hoping for a good orange. Came out more like pumpkin colored. I guess that kinda goes along with the season haha. The colors don't blend like paints do. I'll be chunkin some of these downrange soon. Having such a good time painting that I don't want to shoot them.
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What the heck Don...... Halloween bullets..... :lol:
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if i had thought that it would have worked so well, i would have gotten more colors.

Harbor freight only has two more colors though, a flat black and white. I think I'll order more from, powder by the pound, cause they have more colors but at 3 times the cost of HF. I want gloss black and a dark blue and maybe a metallic green............this is ridiculous!
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Over on my Lee Loader Forum Maximumbob54:
Powder coating bullets

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I've been busy!
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