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A powder coated is plastic jacketed, no longer cast
Saturday, February 12, 2022, 07:27

The cast bullet becomes the core of the plastic jacket. You can shoot powder coated rifle bullets in excess of 3000 fps. You can’t do that with naked cast bullets (I couldn’t) and not get barrel leading. Cast pistol bullets do fine at near max velocities with some care. The powder coating is not as dramatic on them but shoots really clean and smoke free. The encapsulating changes the character completely. They work in gas guns fine. It just depends on your application and need, to be worth the effort. You work in batches so the overall time is about the same as lube/sizing individual bullets I think. Maybe a little longer, never put a watch to it. Just like casting lube sizing, at the end you have a big box of bullets you manufactured. I will say powder coating for a newbie caster requires less specialized expensive equipment (less than $100). You only need a bag of powder, toaster oven, and push through sizer for your press.