HBN Bullet Coating

[Calvin45]

You can see the “sheen”, the matte metallic lustre I talked about, in that box of 95 blips.

The second picture helps contrast hbn treated vs untreated. From left to right or top to bottom we have a

280 .358 a-frame UNTREATED
75 Barnes x 6mm treated
95 Nosler b tip 6mm treated
100 Nosler b tip .257 treated
250 .358 hornady interlock UNTREATED
75 .257 hammer hunter treated
90 257 absolute hammer treated
120 .308” Barnes tac-tx treated
196 8mm PPU softpoint UNTREATED.

 

[Calvin45]

If there’s exposed lead in any capacity on the bullets involved I recommend strongly AGAINST hbn coating as well.

 

[epoletna]

If there’s exposed lead in any capacity on the bullets involved I recommend strongly AGAINST hbn coating as well.

Explain?

 

[Calvin45]

Explain?

Oh it won’t hurt anything but it’ll be messier and in my experience exposed soft let gets dinged up and deformed pretty good in tumbling. And the end product will be “coated” or plated with lead as much as anything else. Don’t know how it affects the hbn.

 

[Paulstarr]

Len, I am curious as well. I hope to hear from the users about this.

I have used HBN for over 10 years but as snox801 says the time it takes is the killer.As he says it works, as a target shooter I make 100/150 shots when I go to the range so it helps with barrel fouling and wear so for me it's great, but for hunting I think the benefits of doing its greatly outweighed by the time taken to do it.Hope that helps.

 

[ChrisInKY]

You can see the “sheen”, the matte metallic lustre I talked about, in that box of 95 blips.

That's what 'right' looks like.

 

[Calvin45]

That's what 'right' looks like.

Why thank you good sir!

 

[uncle_motorhead]

Is that the stuff used in the final finish kit, but various grits of HBN?

No. His final finish is different levels of abrasive.