Jim Taylor
More 480 Achilles Stuff
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 09:35

So this friend of mine is learning to do powder coating. He asked me if I wanted to experiment with him and I politely refused. Then he asked if I had any bullets he could practice powder coating. I gave him a handful of the Bittner 290 gr. Flat Nose Heel Bullets. This is some of what I got back.

Well .. I just can't leave them set around so I decided to load them. Measuring the diameter, they were at .478" so I loaded one and tried it in the chamber of the Achilles ... very hard to seat it in the chamber.

So I ran them into the .476" sizing die and that solved the issue.

I loaded a box of them with 12.0 gr. 2400. This averages around 870 fps and is an accurate load.

These are not as messy as the Lee Liquid Alox I usually use on them. They might work just fine! I know I have not been real positive in commenting on powder coating, but as long as I don't have to learn to do it I believe I can use them ... especially since they are close to John Deere Green.
(My hypocrisy knows no bounds!)

I will report back sooner or later on how they worked.