SCJ429 wrote:You certainly sound like you are a fan of moly coated projectiles there John. Are you shooting them in competition? If so, how is that working for you? Are you winning? Are you seeing any increase in accuracy? Are your barrels keeping peak accuracy for any longer?
I don't see anyone using coated Bullets in competition let alone winning with them. That tells me all I need to know.
I also did not know that shooting moly coated Bullets at kangaroos was illegal. Are you able to post the legislation where it states that this is an offence?
I don't shoot competitions . I am an ex soldier and an experimenter from way back . Competition shooters tend to want to clean very often like say BR shooters so Moly under those circumstances is a waste of time and money . But a full bore shooter who may want to fire long strings of shots over several days and not have to scrub the bore endlessly , can get an advantage if the rules allowed it . Your concepts are wrong .
I fire about 300 shots from my 223 spotlighting rifle before I have to clean or I clean when convenient after a few days or more .
The big caveat is Don't put the gun away DRY , swab the bore with oil and patch it out dry the next time you need to shoot .
It has worked good for me over the years and my current 223 is at 7000 odd rounds now and is still very accurate .
Barrel manufacturers , gunsmiths etc. have done everything in their power to stamp out Moly coating , gee I wonder why ?
Most people try moly without any knowledge of how and when to use it and what is a good coating process to use . This invites poor performance . If you think that only competitions shooters know what they are talking about you are making a huge mistake . This is what precision hand made properly Moly coated hunting bullets look like that shoot like target bullets but don't have as high BC which makes FA difference at hunting ranges .
Note the solid coating that is just pure fine Moly and nothing else and does not come off on your hands , however the black colour does get darker with age as the high shine goes off the jacket underneath . Freshly coated on perfectly clean jackets are a bit lighter than this at first .
Coated bullet are only illegal on roos for professionals shooting for meat . It's in the roo shooting code of ethics some place but I can't remember exactly where .
See the other image of a batch of freshly made 243 projectiles and they are still very shiny and lighter in perceived colour but if you take the bullet out into sunlight for a good coating you should not see any jacket brassy colour through the Moly coating . If you can see jacket colour the coating is not so good . Slight colour variations in the 243 bullets in the SS tray is just a trick of the light in the workshop .