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Sizing Moly Coated Wadcutters?
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March 07, 2013, 06:03:55 PM »
In a long quest for a readily available hard hitting hunting pellet for my .357 Windy, I've ended up with a case of .357 hard cast, moly coated wadcutter projectiles. These are very accurate but the friction from the large bearing surface really hampers velocity (and makes them quite hard to chamber).
I've now got a .356 Lee sizing die to cure the issues of friction and chambering.
Bullet sizing is new ground for me. I used to mold my own .44cal wadcutters for my S&W years ago, but just loaded them straight from the mold. Likewise, my .360 cal round ball is used as it come from the mold.
The instructions for the resizer state NOT to size unlubed bullets as they will lead the die.
I'm not sure if this is true with hard cast & coated bullets though.
Anyone tried sizing moly coated bullets without lube?
I don't want to ruin my die and don't want to be shooting pullets coated in Alox through my nice accurate barrel if I don't need to.
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Re: Sizing Moly Coated Wadcutters?
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I use a small amount of Hornady Sizing lube applied to the die with a brush and renewed when you begin to feel "drag" while sizing....
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Re: Sizing Moly Coated Wadcutters?
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March 08, 2013, 06:35:40 PM »
what brand bullets dd you end up with are thy the speer wadcutters the hollow base?
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Quote from: badredbird on March 08, 2013, 06:35:40 PM
what brand bullets dd you end up with are thy the speer wadcutters the hollow base?
I have Hawkesbury River Bullet Company projectiles, manufactured only a few hundred miles from me. They are a basic wadcutter design with a couple of lube grooves.
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