I know nothing of handguns and cast bullets, but as far as rifles go, I think powder coating makes up for the absolutely schidtful ill conceived dimensions of most generic store bought mass produced molds. Lack of interest by many shooters in actually measuring throats and grooves, and spec'ing a mold to fit, lack of controlling Brinnel hardness of the bullet alloy to match the load pressure, lack of adjusting load pressure to the alloy hardness...result in poor performance on target. Powder coating is a shortcut to better results if you are ignoring the basics of cast bullet success. That's why powder coating seems to work better.
