Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
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Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
My neighbor has started learning to powder-coat bullets. He asked if I had any he could practice on. I gave him a handful of bullets for the 480 Achilles and today he made some in John Deere green.
I loaded one with about 2 gr. of Bullseye... then laid a pile of rags on the desk with some boards at the end in case I missed or misjudged the powder charge.
Then I fired the 480 Achilles into the rags. The T-shirt that was first stopped the bullet.
The above images were taken from the video we took of it.
The bullet was smoked up a bit .. charge was too light to expand the base.
I loaded one with about 2 gr. of Bullseye... then laid a pile of rags on the desk with some boards at the end in case I missed or misjudged the powder charge.
Then I fired the 480 Achilles into the rags. The T-shirt that was first stopped the bullet.
The above images were taken from the video we took of it.
The bullet was smoked up a bit .. charge was too light to expand the base.
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Last edited by JimT on Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags
None of the images are coming through.
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Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags
Huh? Interesting. They show up on everything I have tried. .....
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I can see them now...
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I see them.
Cool project.
Cool project.
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Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
Looks fun.
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Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
Hey, that looks like fun. i gotta try that. but not tonight. 45ACP should be doable.
Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
I have done it with .38 Special, .357, 9mm, 41 Magnum, 44 Special, 454 Casull, 475 Linebaugh, 30-30, 32-20, 44-40, 44 Magnum, 45-70 and probably a few others. Just use a sensible backstop and more or less rags as needed.
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Jim T can I ask what the water case capacity of your case is?
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Ahhh yes, the joy of reloading
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Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
Neat experiment, Jim. I see a lot of that powder coating came off.
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Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
So, does the coating eliminate the need for bullet lube?
Re: Firing the 480 Achilles into a Pile of Rags - added extra photos
Actually that is just smoke on the bullet. The powder coating is still intact underneath. The light powder charge did not obdurate the bullet enough to seal the bore and it had a lot of blow by.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:21 am Neat experiment, Jim. I see a lot of that powder coating came off.
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Yes it does. It actually seems to work better than the plated bullets in some applications, especially rifles.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:07 am So, does the coating eliminate the need for bullet lube?
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Won't you miss the smoke?JimT wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:25 amYes it does. It actually seems to work better than the plated bullets in some applications, especially rifles.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:07 am So, does the coating eliminate the need for bullet lube?
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Use Unique. Or Black.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:27 amWon't you miss the smoke?JimT wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:25 amYes it does. It actually seems to work better than the plated bullets in some applications, especially rifles.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:07 am So, does the coating eliminate the need for bullet lube?
Actually ... I have no intention of getting into powder coating myself. I shoot them when I am given them or if they are a good buy for something but for my own use I prefer the sizing and lubing. To me no bullet can beat a Keith SWC with it's wide deep lube groove ....