Forming Cases and other things

[Kurt]

TNX. Sam.

When I watched the Doc push that end scope up my nose to get to the vocal cords on the monitor I thought, man what a good bore scope that would make.

[Nuclearcricket]

Kurt your definitely a better man than I. I just don't think I could handle that. Now I have seen things of me that no one should see but I just don't think I could handle that.
On a much more pleasant note. I was wondering if anyone on here had played around with using powder coat on bullets to make them a little bigger to see if that size would shoot better.
I was given some 45 cal slicks and in measuring them they are a good solid .440. Kind of small in my thoughts but any way, I grabbed 10 of them and powder coated them with Harbor Freight Red. it added .003 to the diameter. I may run then through the process again to see how much more a second coat would add to the diameter.
Sam

[bobw]

Sam , I shoot .440" slicks all the time in my 45 2 7/8.patch with Bienfang vellum paper takes the too .4495" sabe?

[Kurt]

Sam,
I have no idea what the composition of the powder coating is but I know how it's applied using a magnetic field ??

When I need a larger diameter bullet I put a diamond knurl on them. I put the knurl at the base if I feel I need a duel diameter to see if there is an advantage with them or the whole shank to patch over to over groove diameter I like to use for brach seating. Also for my tight chambers that will not except a groove diameter bullet I just place the knurl a little farther up on the shank so only the patched portion is in the case mouth.
When that bullet clears the muzzle the knurl is smooth so there is no wind friction.
A knurl will increase the bullet diameter .015" depending on how I set the amount the rollers penetrate the bullet or the diamond roller I use. I van make a .44 into a .45 bullet pretty easy.

   

[Nuclearcricket]

Kurt those are kind of funky looking bullets but, you have the tool to do that to them and yeppers I see a nice advantage to that. I am guessing the tool has an adjustable stop to control the depth/diameter. I am not exactly sure what the powder coat is either. In doing some research on it, yea its static that holds in on and then you bake it. They say to use a container with the #5 in the recycle triangle and then to put your bullets in along with black air soft balls and roll and shake them for a minute or so, then into a toaster oven and bake them at 400 or so for about 20 minutes. I did 10 bullets the other day and they gained .003" I re-coated the same bullets and they only gained another .001". That got them with a 55Y patch up to .449. One of these days I will get around to loading and shooting them. If nothing else they will look festive for this season, shiny brass case, white or yellow collar and a bright red bullet. Hey I figured I have nothing to loose by giving it a try. I all ready had the powder, balls and oven dedicated to that job.
Sam

[Kurt]

LOL, just don't shoot them during dry conditions with that red tip and the sone white paper someone will think your a fire bug LOL especially if they see a red tip and a aluminum color under the red they might think your shooting incendiary tracers
Yes the tool has a depth stop.

[Nuclearcricket]

LOL, just don't shoot them during dry conditions with that red tip and the sone white paper someone will think your a fire bug LOL especially if they see a red tip and a aluminum color under the red they might think your shooting incendiary tracers
Yes the tool has a depth stop.

You mean looking like this might concern some people?
   

[Kurt]

LOL, yup! I think I would use the one on the right, it has a guidance system to see the bullseye

[Nuclearcricket]

Got to checking some on the 45-70 case I fired in the 44-77 chamber. It looks like it got about .025" or so shorter, it also blew out a bit more than the once fired 44-77 cases do. I judge this by the case holders I made for a Wilson case trimmer. The first one I made came out a wee bit big yet it fits the rem nickle case just fine but is too big for the 44 case. So I am thinking the 45 cases are a lot thinner then the Jameson 44 cases. I guess thats not really a bad thing in the long run. The pic shows the 44-60, formed 45-70 and a fired 44-77 case.
Sam
   

[Kurt]

It really surprises me that the case did not split and the bases filled out as well. Looking at them I would say they sure look good or is it because of the dark background ?