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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff In TX" data-source="post: 1227127" data-attributes="member: 1522"><p>Moly impregnated on a bullet is the worst stuff you could ever run down your barrel. I don't say that our of my opinion but out of the facts. Back in the 2001/2 time frame I trashed a brand new Shilen stainless steel match barrel in under 400 rounds shooting moly coated bullets. Yes, it took less than 400 rounds. This was during the moly bullet craze and I thought what the heck I'll give them a try. Let's just say I was not a happy camper. I live within 60 miles of Shilen Barrel's and took the rifle down to them to try to figure out what was wrong. After a good cleaning the borescope showed the throat area black as night. Doug Shilen had one of his techs hand lap the barrel but the black throat remained, I shot the rifle again with the same poor results. Doug Shilen decided the barrel was bad and removed it. He cut the throat section out to see what was really wrong. The throat area showed the black moly ring of death which was so hard Doug could barely scrape it with the side of a flat head screwdriver. The heat and pressure of the round going off actually bonded the moly to the throat area. Each round I shot laid down another micro layer of the stuff. Do what you want, say what you want but I saw what this stuff did does up close and personal with the barrel manufacture. The stuff trashed my new barrel in less than 400 rounds. Also, I did not coat the bullets myself but bought 500 bullets already coated. </p><p></p><p>A few months after I had the the new barrel installed I was hanging out at Speedy Gonzales's gun shop (hall of fame bench rest shooter) when he still lived in N Texas. I told him what happened. He pointed to box that had 40 or so barrels in it over in the corner and said all of those barrels have the same black ring of death in them from moly bullets. He wasn't a fan of them as well.</p><p></p><p>My advice, just shoot your non-coated chosen bullets down your barrel. Clean when your accuracy starts going south.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff In TX, post: 1227127, member: 1522"] Moly impregnated on a bullet is the worst stuff you could ever run down your barrel. I don't say that our of my opinion but out of the facts. Back in the 2001/2 time frame I trashed a brand new Shilen stainless steel match barrel in under 400 rounds shooting moly coated bullets. Yes, it took less than 400 rounds. This was during the moly bullet craze and I thought what the heck I'll give them a try. Let's just say I was not a happy camper. I live within 60 miles of Shilen Barrel's and took the rifle down to them to try to figure out what was wrong. After a good cleaning the borescope showed the throat area black as night. Doug Shilen had one of his techs hand lap the barrel but the black throat remained, I shot the rifle again with the same poor results. Doug Shilen decided the barrel was bad and removed it. He cut the throat section out to see what was really wrong. The throat area showed the black moly ring of death which was so hard Doug could barely scrape it with the side of a flat head screwdriver. The heat and pressure of the round going off actually bonded the moly to the throat area. Each round I shot laid down another micro layer of the stuff. Do what you want, say what you want but I saw what this stuff did does up close and personal with the barrel manufacture. The stuff trashed my new barrel in less than 400 rounds. Also, I did not coat the bullets myself but bought 500 bullets already coated. A few months after I had the the new barrel installed I was hanging out at Speedy Gonzales's gun shop (hall of fame bench rest shooter) when he still lived in N Texas. I told him what happened. He pointed to box that had 40 or so barrels in it over in the corner and said all of those barrels have the same black ring of death in them from moly bullets. He wasn't a fan of them as well. My advice, just shoot your non-coated chosen bullets down your barrel. Clean when your accuracy starts going south. [/QUOTE]
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