I love Jim's reply!

by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, September 23, 2022, 12:49 (728 days ago) @ Gunner

I don't know that I've used Hi-Tek coatings as a brand but I've shot a few thousand coated bullets. Melodie loves them to look like little tubes of lipstick and that's good enough for me. I have seen no coating left in the barrel. Pistols only (I think) so, low-ish velocity and barrel length. I have read reports that the Hi-Tek coating can be run into the low 2000's.

In theory, the coating deforms with the bullet so that there is no lead-to-bore contact. The "standard test" for home coated bullets is the Hammer Smash. Put the coated bullet on an anvil, smash it with a hammer and see how the coating survives. The pictures I've seen show the coating still covering the deformed bullet. The few pictures of recovered bullets I've seen still show coating in the grooves and lands of the bullet.

I don't powder coat myself. The equipment is fairly minimal but I already have a set-up for traditional lubes (and I prefer that look as well).