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    Anyone using HI-TEK Supercoat or Moly Coated Lead Bullets

    I had a friend give me 1000 9MM bullets he and a friend had made up in their fabrication shop with some type of hard golden coating on them 7 or 8 years ago. Along with some sample bags with 20 in each of Carbine, .45 and .38spl / .357 all round nose and all a Golden color. 1 .45 had been squeezed down in a vice to about 1/2 it's height to show the outside coating didn't flake off and how hard they are. I'd forgot about them and just came across them while organizing my load room. It was a long time back and I don't remember all the details but think I remember him saying they had some type of Moly coating or something like that. They are lead, but you wouldn't know it with that coating on them. He's currently out of town but I'll ask him more about them when he returns.

    With that said I tried looking up coated bullets and came across a web site today that look to have that same coating on them.

    A company called Bayou Bullets, here's a link to what they say about the coating:
    About Our Bullets

    And here is a link to their coated Carbine bullets which are 115Gr RN:
    .30 Carbine 115 Gr. RN - Bayou Bullets

    I don't want to get in to loads rates...etc, So this doesn't get moved to the Reloading Forum.
    Just wanting to know if any of you have tried Lead bullets like this with these Hi-Tech Lube (?) Coatings ?
    And if you have did they shoot OK for you. I'd assume no leading...?
    I only shoot FMJ, not even soft lead points thru Carbines, though I've become the owner of a few thousand lead nose over the years.

    Can anyone pass along their experiences ?

    To Add: I just read that this company is running 12-14 week backlog
    .30 Carbine - Coated Bullets - Hi-Tek Supercoat Bullets - Bayoubullets.net

    I seen 1 listing on GB today for a 100 count box of Hornady soft points that was @ $40.00 + $8.95 shipping with 2 days left. 1 box on the whole sight !
    Was also amazed at what completed auctions for Primers had sold for

    I'm stocked up, but was just curious about these coated Lead cast after seeing them again.

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    Not same thing but same idea: I bought some copper plated 9mm bullets and they shoot just like the jacketed expensive ones. No leading at 1000 fps+
    I remember shooting cast lead in 9mm and within about 10 shots they were keyholing. I just can't see paying $20 a hundred for some jacketed pistol bullet to poke holes in paper. A 50 rd box of Winchester 9mm was $12, now it is $20. With the new government about to swear in, this ammo situation will not end for the next 4 years. Control ammunition, you control the gun.

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    I use Hi tek. I coat them, leave them @ 10 min, bake in a toaster oven @ 400degrees fotr @ 10 min. They work great, no leading, and some are shooting these up to 2100fps without gas check or leading.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmac10 View Post
    I use Hi tek. I coat them, leave them @ 10 min, bake in a toaster oven @ 400degrees fotr @ 10 min. They work great, no leading, and some are shooting these up to 2100fps without gas check or leading.
    1st Welcome bmac10,
    I just searched it. It's new to me but I'm a bit slow as far as new technology or current events go. H3ll I still use my 20 year old Flip phone and the last movie I took the Wife to see was Dances with Wolves I didn't know you could order it in powder or liquid and coat yourself. From what I just quickly read...IIRC it said the powder doesn't have to ship Hazmat. I read on one site they can be pushed 2550+ with a gas check.
    Is the liquid Hi-tech and the powder High-tech II ?
    I found some videos I'll watch. This must be the stuff my buddy used and gave me samples of because I recall him talking about cooking it on. I forgot about the samples he gave me (probably 5+ years ago) to try until I came across them cleaning up the reload room recently. I don't shoot 9mm, so I pulled one out and smashed it with a hammer, smashed it pretty good but none of the golden coating flake off on to the basement floor.

    Here's the link to that FPS QUOTE: just how fast with Hi-Tek coating? | The High Road

    And from this link above it referred to this big long post on - about HI-TEK
    and other POWDER COATINGS AND METHODS on Castboolits:
    simple Hi-Tek coating

    I've got some reading to do and a few Videos to watch.

    Thanks Again bmac10
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    I PC mine and have no problems at 1800 fps.
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