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Some guys get very technical, I'm very basic
Monday, May 18, 2020, 14:01

Literally I got a plastic coffee can. Threw in 100 dry bullets and about four table spoons of powder (it was way more than needed). Shook them up real good, dumped out over a 1/8" mesh basket I formed from hardware store wire. I did it over newsprint so I salvaged surplus powder. I gently stuck the basket in the toaster oven (remember temp dials can lie) at 400 deg. for 30 min. Lead can melt at 600-700 deg. so stay clear of that. Afterward they cooled and I ran them through a LEE sizer. You can coat them a second time after cooling if the first does not suit you. Each coating adds about 0.002-0.003" to the bullet. I always size afterward, you can use it to bump up say .355 to .358" easily.

It's not rocket science, you are making a plastic coating around the bullet. It only needs to cover what will contact the bore. Ugly bullets shoot as well as pretty in my gun. The cool thing is they shoot really clean, bores look good, no smoke at all.

There is so much BS you have to wade through on Youtube but you can pick up little tricks. Lots of unnecessary things too. There are big differences in powders, Randy Barnett is very knowledgeable on this. Good quality powders make pretty bullets easy. Harbor freight "Red" is only $7 for thousands of bullets worth and not a bad starter if that is easily available. However I'd truly consider ordering a little batch of the trick stuff the cool guys are using. The little toaster oven will be dedicated and cannot be used for anything else again. But they are only about $20-25.

My approach was the most basic and actually worked fine. A better grade powder makes it smoother going. Just give it a try. $50 all in, from zero, will get you going with enough to do several thousand!