Coolest thing since sliced bread.

[the count]

My secret revealed...

First of all what it did not do...

Powder coating...negative
Acid bath...negative...
Duracoat...negative

What I did was a light coat of the pictured high temp engine metallic spray paint. Pretty sure its epoxy based. Note the high temperature rating. I made sure to fully cure the paint for 24 hours plus a bath in hot air from a heat gun.

Fed without modification from my Hornady bullet feeder. Also tried in on lead bullets. Works also but does not look as nice as jacketed and tends to have some rub off when seating. The application is purely for fun, does not improve or in anyway enhance the bullet's performance. My initial tests, 10 rounds through a Glock 34 showed no problems loading/firing nor residue. Let me know if you guys come up with other methods that work.

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A PURELY EXPERIMENTAL PROCESS. I DO NOT ENDORSE OR RECOMMEND ANYBODY TO DO THIS WITH THEIR GUN(S). THE PROCESS MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE BUILD UP IN YOUR BARREL, A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION.

 

[floydster]

Sliced Bread has this post beat by a mile.

 

[the count]

Sliced Bread has this post beat by a mile.

Why don't you keep your opinions to yourself if you only post stuff with a totally negative attitude.

 

[rsrocket1]

count,
It may reduce the number of "meh" replies if you didn't title your thread like a crowing rooster. Colored bullets may look "cool" to folks who buy zombie killer bullets because they have a green polymer tip, but to a no-nonsense shooter, it may not float their boat.

I tip my hat to you because you aren't afraid to try something out to see if it works.

 

[silicosys4]

^^
No kidding. I thought it was a tad overhyped when I wandered in to find essentially.....
"Look, I just spraypainted bullets!"

 

[floydster]

Silico, eegzakly

 

[jinxer3006]

Sliced Bread has this post beat by a mile.

+1.

 

[Walkalong]

Everybody relax, it's just opinions, and everyone's entitled to one. Some think it's cool, some think it's boring, just like most things. It's all good.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

I think the red rocket is wilting.

 

[floydster]

Walk, I'm too old to get excited, in fact I'm going to paint some hot pink and take them to bed with me tonite--should be fun

 

[beatledog7]

It would be very cool to coat them with blue nylon. Homemade Nyclads!

 

[floydster]

Count, ya know some of us old timers need a little nudge once in awhile to bring us up the the new times.
Sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way, it's all in fun, my apologies.
Now if you excuse me, I have some bullets to paint

 

[TrickyDick]

The only benefit i see to this would be to differentiate bullet grains and loads. it would allow you to easily tell the difference in your special handloads. I know i wouldn't put a 180 gr bullet intended for my mosin into my PSL, but then again, the process seems to be a bit much for that sole purpose.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I've heard of painted ladies.. now we have painted leadies. Badumbump

 

[blueskyjaunte]

I think flat black with flames would be awesome. You could call them "hot rods".

 

[TennJed]

Would the paint be toxic to the bad guy? I would hate to make home sick after I shot him

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Kinda cool looking, actually. I don't know that I'll ever get into painted bullets, though.

I had to google the subject just to see what popped up...here's a site I found:

http://www.ares-gun.sk/?lang=english

 

[Andrew Leigh]

I think flat black with flames would be awesome. You could call them "hot rods".

Hee hee

On a serious note, different colour sharpies are invaluable in rifle shooting for coloring bullets. This way you can tell which bullet did what as they leave a color edging to the hole in the target, if the target is white that is. Great for ladder load development.

 

[thump_rrr]

Sliced Bread has this post beat by a mile.

I'd like to add some sliced turkey, sliced bacon, sliced tomato and some sliced cheese to your sliced bread.

Time to go, I'm getting hungry.

 

[45lcshooter]

Time for lunch. There's the bread. I needed to eat the whole way through reading it.

Ok idea. Bad on the hype of it.

 

[higgite]

Painted bullets I can take or leave, but... sliced bread is the coolest thing since itself.

 

[Walkalong]

I reckin' this one is done.