Originally Posted by Hook
There is a young man about a mile from me that powder coats metal stuff for sale on the net. I asked him the other day if he would be willing to do a few cast bullets for me when he is running his equipment anyway and he jumped at it. Seems he wants to do it for handgun bullets for himself. I think that will give me an idea whether I want to go that route. I have used the NRA alox lube and the liquid Lee lube and, at my velocities, they both seem OK. When I push the 30 cal velocities, I may have to try others.


I suppose that may be one way to try it, but the details on coating bullets are sorta important and different than coating metal parts. I'd be concerned you'll end up with a very thick coating, and/or flashing on the bases or noses depending how it's done.

Better would be to get some powder from him and coat them yourself, see my tutorial in this forum. You don't need much for equipment, and he could bake them for you if you don't have a spare toaster oven.