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Missouri Bullets adds HI-TEK Coated to their lineup

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#1 ·
I just visited visited their web site and they now have HI-TEK COATED PROJECTILES.

They seem to have joined a growing list of commercial casters offering this product.


The HI-TEK coating IS THE LUBE and replaces the conventional WAXY LUBES.

BBI and LNL Casting have also recently added HI-TEK.

Bayou Bullets, Gateway Bullets and SNS Casting have been offering these coated

projectiles for some time now, there seems to be a trend developing.


The coatings offer CLEANER BARRELS, EQUIPMENT, DIES, YOUR HANDS and

also offer LOW TO NO SMOKE which ACTION SHOOTERS seem to really appreciate.

Gateway Bullets and Bayou Bullets also sell the product to home casters to self coat their projectiles.

I've been using this stuff both self applied to my castings and the finished projectiles from Bayou,

I'm a HAPPY CAMPER, it's gaining interest at my gun club also. Works for me!
 
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#2 ·
Coat them twice, cook them twice, that's a time consuming bullet coating. I like the Alox, been using it for a long time. Once it's dry, it's not really sticky. HI TEK might be better, but I think the price, and time involved will keep me using Alox.
 
#3 ·
Carver, You can coat yourself HUNDREDS at a TIME or just purchase the finished product and load.
The Little to LOW or NO SMOKE is a great benefit to ACTION SHOOTERS.

THE COMPLETE ENCAPSULATION OF THE LEAD is a benefit to others.

THEY say Titegroup AND BARE LEAD really smokes, it supposedly doesn't with HI-TEK.

More and More commercial casters are moving to this product, MARKET DEMAND is causing this.

ALOX in most any form STRAIGHT, 50/50, 45/45/10, is MESSY and just cannot compete with modern technological coating advances.

The Traditional WAXY LUBE use is now on the Wayne.

Many have already RETIRED their STAR LUBE/SIZERS to SIZING DUTY ONLY, and use their leftover Waxy Lubes as a Reducer in their casting pots.
 
#4 ·
I live out in the sticks, smoke, or lead particles in the air are not a problem here, and there usually is no one else here but me. I have the lube sizers, but I like the speed, and ease, of the Alox. Like I said, it might not be the best product out there, but it works for me. I'm sure I would like the HI TEK if I tried it, and I'm sure that it's a step above the Alox. With me it's more about what works, than what works better. If it works, I'm happy!
 
#5 ·
I'm with Carver on this....and while I'm outing myself as a DINOSAUR.....I use Alox and have NO problem with leading,but I'm not driving bullets at 4000fps either...1000fps is fine for handgun..and this crap about having to wash your brass until it's shinier than the sun is ridiculous.....and obsessing because you have a 225 gr bullet and can only find 230gr data---figure it out-5grs doesn't make a bit of difference.And to further cast myself in the hellfire-I experiment with loads using data as a reference point....but in many years of testing,very rarely has velocity equal accuracy.BUT,I believe in God and Freedom so whatever you want to do with your brass,bullets and powder is cool with me and I enjoy reading about it,even if I never try it.
 
#6 ·
Bought a box of coated bullets from SNS a couple months ago. So far, I'm pleased. Less mess with the dies, and on me. Haven't decided to buy more for the rest of the calibers just yet. We'll have to see how the supply goes. Local supplier has never let me down.
 
#8 ·
flyingtiger85,

There are several coating processes people are working with,

1) HI-TEK polymer coating developed in Australia over 20 years ago
and used by competitive handgun shooters there initially.
It's a color and a HEAT SENSITIVE CATALYST that needs baked
to a certain temperature to GO OFF.

2) There is TRADITIONAL ELECTROSTATIC POWDER COATING
where a Powder Coating is SPRAYED ONTO THE OBJECTS and
then BAKED to melt and set up the coating.

3) Some folks have experimented with EPOXY PAINTS.

4) Some people have been TUMBLE COATING using electrostatic
powders but tumbling them with PLASTIC AIR-SOFT BB's to
help create a static charge, then baking them to set up.

*****NOTE - - - --DANGER*******
THESE ARE CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS!
USE ONLY A DEDICATED OVEN TO BAKE IN, USUALLY A COUNTER-TOP
CONVECTION OVEN , ****AND NEVER USE FOR FOOD AGAIN!!!!!*******
 
#10 ·
Now we are getting into the area where this type of coating starts to pay off!
 
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