Originally Posted by Turkeyrun


Went to an estate auction a few years back. Bought a sealed, plastic tote. Opened it and found 3000 Hornady .429 240 gr SWC.

Bought a 3 at sauce pan at Goodwill, filled with water and boiled on outside burner. Added 100 bullets and boiled for 10 minutes. Turned off burner and skimmed lubes from water.

Bullets look completely clean. Now, I need some powder.



You'll want to wash those in solvent (laquer thinner for example) to get the traces of wax off. Hot water or alcohol don't cut it well enough for the powder coating to stick correctly. Simple Green or Purple Power might get it done though.

Last edited by Yondering; 06/24/19.