I'm not too keen on getting up to 2000 fps and above. It would seem that I'd be fighting lead fouling constantly.
With traditional wax lube - yes, probably. With good powder coating - not at all. You can easily push powder coated cast bullets over 3,000+ fps with zero lead fouling, even with repeated rapid fire (in semi-autos) to heat up the barrel. 2,000-2,500 fps is nothing with powder coating; you can forget about leading issues and adjust your alloy for accuracy and terminal performance, it just takes one of the variables out of the balancing act equation.
Some guys insist powder coating isn't needed, which may be true depending on your definition of "need", but it definitely makes things easier with cast bullet loads.
Of course you can do the same with paper patched bullets as well with equally good or better results, it just requires more time investment.
