A new slick coated bullet on the market from Hunter Supply

[Will99]

I was talking with the owner of Hunter Supply David and he was tell he has a newer clear powder coated bullet for to market to get them in production for are air rifle and he is doing powder burner too he say it pick up fps and no leading your barrel he going to have 22 - 6mm -6.5 - 30 and 357 and more to come as he get going on his new bullet sounds awesome l powder coat all my bullet but it's a long process to do do it a home I've been waiting for some one to produce powder coated bullets and David at Hunter Supply has done exactly that go and check his new bullet out and he is getting some new mold for 2022 for the air gun world they are going to be a awesome new bullet he has 4 people out shooting his new bullets and he said it's a amazing how clean the barrel stays and how good they shoot I'm going to try them out as soon as my order get here I will post how they shoot real soon it been a long time coming for some production powder coated bullets and he said more calibers to come real soon 

Will99 out in Colorado

 

[DesertSilver]

The hunter supply.25 slugs I have all needed to be sized cause they were all over the place. Some were just about the size I was looking for and others were much larger. 

 

[Guest]

I'm sure I have shot some coated slugs as most have some type of coating on them. But never coated any slug myself! but to those that do, more power to ya. As a hunter, I'm more concerned with the Loss of the B.C at increased velocity! The big HP slug design seem to be the worst about shedding velocity quickly. 



Looking for that magic bullet!

 

[RM.510bigbore]

All my cast slugs .510 are powder coated. It really is nice. You never handle the lead. It is super cheap and easy to do. Check out Elvis ammo on YouTube he is the source for bulk powder coating. I coat 25lbs at a time and cook in regular oven. Powder coating slugs is not complicated expensive or hard to do.

 

[waydeo]

I discovered powder coating boolits for my powder burners. They shoot great no leading of messy lube. Check out this site these guys are great for info. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/forumdisplay.php?184-Coatings-and-Alternatives

 

[Greg_E]

Sources of good powders:



Eastwood car restorations supplies - Lime green (no longer made?), Red Wagon, Cadillac Midnight Blue, Ford light blue, and a Maroon have been said to work well. The Eastwood Yellow is no good, at least not for shake and bake. I have all these except the light blue and will be trying them as soon as I cast more ammo, the green is the only one I've been using. There is also a dark green that I couldn't find that is supposed to be really good. Clear has been said to be really good too.

User name Smoke, probably on this forum, cast boolits forum, gateway to airguns forum, and a few others. he owns a paintball store but I forget the address. He has a yellow that I almost had working, I will try again as I've sorted a few issues out. A good yellow would be wonderful just because it has been so difficult. I don't know all the other colors that he has tested, but he only sells the colors that work, so ask him about specific colors.



Not all powders work as well as others! A large number of Eastwood powders do not work well, especially the light colors like Yellow. You want the more durable TGIC powders, the "regular" polyester coat really well, but are easier to scuff off.



There is also Hi-Tek that is really a more commercial large scale type of coating. You can do it at home, but it is many steps to get results and often 3 or 4 coatings for good coverage. 



Remember that you are adding a coating, that means you are adding diameter to your projectiles. Either cast them small and powder coat to final size, or you will need sizing tools to squeeze them back down.



And finally, if the dry shake and bake method or the electrostatic method does not work for you, I did find an alternative that I may want to try. There is a water based carrier made for local PC touchup use. Mix your powder of choice in this goo, spray or brush on your parts, heat with heatgun to melt and bond. The example they show is welding a tube to a roll cage. but not reason we couldn't tumble/shake this goo onto projectiles, dry, then cure in a toaster oven just like we have been doing with dry methods. This stuff is expensive or I would have ordered a jug to try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK7F-tG9xgI&ab_channel=TechLineCoatingsIndustriesInc