Our soft cast bullets are cast from pure virgin 20 1 alloy and will measure about 9 bhn.
Copper powder coat bullets.
Our process starts with a lead billet that is extruded into wire.
The smoke can be so bad you might think you re shooting black powder.
All bullets are cast with 92 6 2 alloy then coated with hitek coating that molecularly bonds to the bullet.
This process completely encapsulates the bullet.
Coated bullets reduce or eliminate this smoke.
These are our cast bullets that are coated with hitek coating.
Casting lead alloy bullets and preparing them for shooting requires a great deal of work.
The process to make our polymer coated bullets is a little slower and time consuming but well worth the effort for those looking for such a product.
But for our purposes powder coating involves taking a freshly cast bullet not lubed the right diameter and baking on powdered paint in an oven.
Some coated bullets smell a little funny when fired.
The bottom line is to preserve the coating.
The powder coating will also not resist a crimp like a copper jacket so keep that in mind as well.
Bullets feed well in automated bullet feeders.
Coated in red hi tek coating and nicknamed lipstick bullets the benefits of acme coated bullets include.
The lead wire is then swaged into a core.
Coating prevents lead to bore contact.
Coated bullet reloading information the blue bullets llc reloading coated bullets is slightly different than loading a jacketed or lead bullet.
The hi tek coating molecularly bonds to bullet totally encapsulating it.
They might not be as smokeless as copper jacketed or plated bullets but they re darn close.
Coating prevents lead to bore contact thus virtually eliminating lead fouling.
Acme hi tek coated bullets.
Always on the lookout for easier and inexpensive methods of readying cast bullets and improving their use i started coating cast bullets with powder while doing so removed the requirement of lubricating bullets it was not a time saving process compared to lubricating by running them through a sizer.
Lastly it is good practice to use lead load data for the powder coated bullets.
The polymer coated bullets can be pushed faster with no leading.
Benefits of shooting acme coated bullets include.
X treme bullets are proudly made out of the finest materials available in the united states in order to ensure performance delivered down range with each and every shot.
What exactly is powder coating.
Something that many bullet casters will tell you they do but when i have checked their samples they measure harder and have a dull finish of a bullet that has.
These are jacketed copper coated soft cast bullets for sale only and not loaded ammunition.
If you strip or damage the coating it may caused lead fouling in your barrel increased smoke and or decreased accuracy.
It is coating a metal part with powdered paint using heat and is popular in industrial applications.
If you are looking to get into casting bullets or just looking for bullets to shoot with the jacketed options drying up powder coated bullets are a great option.