someguy2800
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Hey guys. I ran out of 9mm bullets and decided to try some powder coated lead since I hear so much good things about them. I've always used jacket, lead, and plated but never tried coated. I got 500 124gr flat point coated from SNS casting and loaded up a bunch last night. I loaded them with my usual plated bullet load of 700x which turned out to be pretty hot due to the bullets being seated deeper. I shot them today and in the first two magazines the barrel was totally white with lead. Accuracy was also pretty terrible for the first 20 or 30 rounds. I decided to keep shooting just to see what would happen and after the barrel got totally coated inside with lead the accuracy came back. To my surprise the leading never got any worse. The lead did not build up at all, it just left a thin film.
Is this normal for powder coated bullets? I was expecting these to be a lot cleaner than when I've shot cast handgun bullets in the past but after 250 rounds I had quite a good bit of lead to clean out of the end of the slide and around the end of the barrel, and of course had to chore boy the barrel. This is in a lc9s by the way. I'm going to try a smaller qty of a lighter load tomorrow.
Is this normal for powder coated bullets? I was expecting these to be a lot cleaner than when I've shot cast handgun bullets in the past but after 250 rounds I had quite a good bit of lead to clean out of the end of the slide and around the end of the barrel, and of course had to chore boy the barrel. This is in a lc9s by the way. I'm going to try a smaller qty of a lighter load tomorrow.