Ok, here is a question I never heard asked: Does powder coating induce wear on barrel steel, more egregiously than soft bare lead (or less than jacketed bullets I would presume)? It seems to me it would, thus abrogating, to one degree or another, one of the sweet selling points of soft lead usage: virtually infinite barrel life.
I have found no evidence of any barrel wear of damage in my handgun nor have I found any reference to damage from others who have shot a lot of powder coated bullets.
In my personal experience my barrel come clean with a trip down the barrel and back with a bronze brush dipped in Hoppes #9 followed by two patches. The second patch come out clean and dry and the barrel looks new.
