Red Bullets

Big Chief

Got my order from Penn Bullets today. I was expecting regular lead cast 158 .38 SWCs, but to my surprise they were Polymer coated. They were in a transition /swap-over when I placed my order last month.

So I already had 180 .357 cases resized and primed so I went ahead and loaded up a tray of 80 and will do the other one tomorrow. Also got 150 .38 Spl cases ready to load. I decided to load them with 6.5 grains of Unique in .357 cases for some low end .357 target/general purpose loads. Probably load the .38s around 900 FPS or so.

I'm sure I can drive the .357s much faster and will try some that way later on.

Most likely be after Thanksgiving before I can hit the range again. I'm looking forward to seeing how they shoot.

Penn Bullets explained how they decided on the Polymer they choose on the website.


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Zee

Very Valentiney.

:jester:

early

I like em'
Easy to find if dropped
Unless the carpet is red
Not likely nowdays

Hasta

I like using different color bullets because it makes finding them a lot easier.

NN

I thought this was going to be about Russian bullets.

NN

cpj wrote: »

Looks like little tubes of lipstick. I bet this will push Zorba over the edge into reloading his ammo.

That and the sweet cover on Chief's reloading table

Big Chief

That is a comforter on my bed, Mrs Chief keeps one on Winter and Summer and I usually throw it off me, but it did get into 50s last night...............she thinks we are in the depths of Winter..............it will warm up to the 70s later today.

I think the .357s will be somewhere between 1100-1200 FPS with 6.5 grains Unique because they more or less behave/loaded like regular cast bullets.

If I like them I'll order more and in .44/.45 cal. I've used plated and "Copperized" bullets before, but never any of the many different types using a Polymer coating.

This is interesting.....

http://www.pennbullets.com/pennbulletin.html

tennmike

Bullets look like the ones I brought to the Shoot this past Memorial Day. They can be pushed right fast with no chance of leading the barrel...........or at least mine can as I double coat them. Have some fun with them! :tooth:

DoctorWho

Something like the Nyclad bullets of long ago, AFAIK, the idea was to keep lead out of the rifling....

NN

tennmike wrote: »

Bullets look like the ones I brought to the Shoot this past Memorial Day. They can be pushed right fast with no chance of leading the barrel...........or at least mine can as I double coat them. Have some fun with them! :tooth:

I thought those were right fine

zorba

cpj wrote: »

Looks like little tubes of lipstick. I bet this will push Zorba over the edge into reloading his ammo.

Yea, if it were available in a palette of colors!

I shot a total of 203 "Bayou Bullets" a couple of years ago, green colored coated. My Luger *loved* them!

tennmike

zorba wrote: »

Yea, if it were available in a palette of colors!

I shot a total of 203 "Bayou Bullets" a couple of years ago, green colored coated. My Luger *loved* them!

Powder coat paint comes in lots and lots of colors and is pretty easy to apply to cast bullets. You can have pretty much any color you want. Cast Boolits has tons of info on how to do it, too.

zorba

tennmike wrote: »

Powder coat paint comes in lots and lots of colors and is pretty easy to apply to cast bullets. You can have pretty much any color you want. Cast Boolits has tons of info on how to do it, too.

Yea, but what happens if I need to touchup my lipstick just before I go onstage, and I pull one of these out of my dance bag instead? :uhm::tooth:

tennmike

zorba wrote: »

Yea, but what happens if I need to touchup my lipstick just before I go onstage, and I pull one of these out of my dance bag instead? :uhm::tooth:

Your lipstick touchup with a coated bullet would be unsatisfactory. Sayin'.

zorba

tennmike wrote: »

Your lipstick touchup with a coated bullet would be unsatisfactory. Sayin'.

Exactly my point!

Big Chief

Read that link to Penn Bullets and he explains some of the different methods/products used to coat bullets. I have no idy which is best and have never reloaded any before. Some places sell you the stuff to coat yer own.

I just hope they shoot good, don't care if they are purple :guns::guns:

zorba

Big Chief wrote: »

Read that link to Penn Bullets and he explains some of the different methods/products used to coat bullets. I have no idy which is best and have never reloaded any before. Some places sell you the stuff to coat yer own.

I just hope they shoot good, don't care if they are purple :guns::guns:

Good article! The "Bayou Bullets" I tried had the referenced "Hy-Tech" coating.

Let us know how these shoot. I also recently purchased 300 rds of Herter's aluminum cased "TNJ" (Total Nylon Jacket) in 9mm - blue color. Haven't tried 'em yet.

toymachine

NN wrote: »

I thought this was going to be about Russian bullets.

Yeah, that.

zorba

toymachine wrote: »

Yeah, that.

Chinese.

toymachine

zorba wrote: »

Chinese.

The comforter has kind of a Ming Dynasty look to it.

Six-Gun

Pretty neat and definitely a great way to keep track of differing load recipes.

Big Chief

Six-Gun wrote: »

Pretty neat and definitely a great way to keep track of differing load recipes.

I guess I could nickname them Red Hots or Hot Tomales...................:rotflmao:

Not loaded very hot anyway and I got plenty 158 JHPs for max loads. I'll see how they do.

tennmike

Big Chief wrote: »

I guess I could nickname them Red Hots or Hot Tomales...................:rotflmao:

Not loaded very hot anyway and I got plenty 158 JHPs for max loads. I'll see how they do.

The double coated bullets I did (look to be same profile bullet as yours) fired right well out of my single shot rifle I built, and I pushed them at OMG velocity just for kicks. No leading from them shooting out of an 18" barrel.