Who’s hex coating monos?

[gohring3006]

Im going to give the 121 Lehigh defense bullets a try if they will coat the same or similar as cup and core.

 

[tbrice23]

I HBN .358 cal TTSX.
They plate the same as cup and core bullets.

 

[Wedgy]

I coat Cutting Edge and Hammers and notice a slight color difference but the bullets are a little different color to start with, just be sure to clean the hollow points out as they can become filled or smashed shut, if using tipped bullets don't worry.

 

[tbrice23]

I noticed HP bullets come out a darker color, I think lead dust gets mixed in and plated into the HBN -maybe. Tipped bullets come out just a little hazy.

I clean the container after tumbling HP cup and core bullets.

 

[Lpart]

I have coating Hammers and Sierras with good success.

 

[snox801]

I am gonna cost some hammers and cutting edge soon.

 

[Msjwolfe]

I have coated the hammers I was using the hbn with the stainless media it worked great but it look me forever to remove the pins from the hollow points when I coat the next ones I will be removing the pins and using just the little round media on them, no issues on the coating though

 

[tbrice23]

You don't need the media.
I never even opened the bag.

 

[gohring3006]

I have been using media up until my last session. I decided to remove it and coat some 178 ELDs. It worked just fine, that's one less step to do when coating. And one of the biggest pains.

 

[xsn10s]

So basically you guys just put the bullets in a vibratory tumbler and add the hex? How long do you run it and how many bullets/ hex? Do you need to prep the barrel like moly coated bullets? Thanks ahead of time.

 

[tbrice23]

45 to 50 minutes for 200 30cal bullets.

 

[gohring3006]

I do two hours 100 bullets up to 208 grains. My container only holds about 85-90 225 ELDs and I just put 50 of the 338 285elds. I use a hex/alcohol slurry to pretreat the barrel.

 

[xsn10s]

Thankstbrice23 and gohring3006. I may start a new thread on this so that I don't hijack the OP's thread.

 

[Wedgy]

I do two hours 100 bullets up to 208 grains. My container only holds about 85-90 225 ELDs and I just put 50 of the 338 285elds. I use a hex/alcohol slurry to pretreat the barrel.

I treat the barrel as well with 99% alcohol + Hbn and the first shot or two on the freshly treated barrel will be ~50fps higher and flatten primers(I'm near the top on most hunting loads) so you might want to load a couple rounds a bit lower charge for a freshly swabbed barrel. Just my experience.