Powder Coating Bullets In "LESS" Than Half The Time!! ( OPTION ).....

[@denverdwc7801]

Elvis: Thank you for recommending this powder coat! This stuff sticks so easily to the bullets that I barely have to shake it. No BBs or vibratory tumbler needed. I didn't even need to 'pre-heat' the bullets with your 4-140F method. Kicks the crap outta the Harbor Freight red! Thanks for posting a quality video, extremely helpful!

[@elvisammo]

thanks alot Denver DWC... I never get tired of hearing of a method making things so much easier!!!! that is my very favorite now ... Also it seems like it might be the toughest! thanks so much for telling me this.... and thanks for watching!

[@2674nismo]

First time seeing you I’ve watched a couple of your videos they’re great. This is just a regular working man’s procedures simplify everything. Thanks a lot keep them coming.

[@FortuneCookie45LC]

Elvis - that fortunecookie is a real fantastic scream..!! I'm a-thankin' you for that wonder!! Others have told me to break down and spend some money on some good quality powder from Eastwood and other companies...but it takes seeing to get me goin'... I'm going to put in an order to Eastwood tomorrow - thanks so much for putting out this video...There isn't another video like this one out there - two thumbs up!! I've often wished that Harbor Freight had a blue and green, but forget that - I'm liable to buy some other colors (but at $10 a pop, maybe only a couple or three to start). And if the swirl method gets that no stick happening, we can sure go with your 4 /140 Elvis method (that's four one forty Elvis method - rolls off the tongue real good) or the tumbler. You've just opened up some bigger worlds of powder coating for a lot of casters... fantastic.. great work... Best to ya, FC Steve

[@elvisammo]

hey Thanks Mr Fortune Cookie! I knew you'd like seeing my Fortune Cookie 45 lc foutune cookie ... : ) People have mentioned other powders in the past , but I thought I wouldn't want to pay that much if harborfreight powder was working. .. there for I couldn't see trying it and recommending it. But this one seemed reasonable. .. and man it's nice! looks great and applies great.. and we get blue! can't go wrong. . some of these powders can run 20 bucks and over for a pound. Some are sold by even smaller amounts for 20 bucks.. I think we got something here! thanks for all you do! love your videos! !!

[@vengenaceearly255]

I love it when a good plan come together. : )

[@elvisammo]

+Vengenace Early ME TOO! ; )

[@FortuneCookie45LC]

Elvis - Got the powder order on the way - got some of that blue plus orange and purple...going to be fun, Elvis style..!! FC Steve

[@elvisammo]

+FortuneCookie45LC that's great Mr Fortune Cookie. ... we got colors flying around all over the place!!!! I got the beautiful blue. I heard there was a sale 10% + free shipping, I jumped on that. I bought 5 pounds of blue and 1 pound of dark green. it worked great to. I have another person ordering seafoam green. and another that got the sample pack and used the bright yellow! now we really have options! you'll have to do a video when you do your powder coating! I just released a video today to show my new green powder, because I knew people was in the process of ordering it... good day to ya sir! happy powder coating! ; )

[@garym1a2]

I just casted a lot of bullets last month and used my HF red with your preheat 140 and it worked great. I also brought Eastwood Ford light blue and gloss white. The blue works very well at room temp. Than I used their white and it coated twice as good. The powder just about jumps on the bullet. Just need to watch bullets sticking to other bullets with these two powders.

[@cliftonhagan2397]

Wow just got through doing 200 bullets in the same color. Great video and thanks for sharing the knowledge and tips. Keep up the great videos

[@kimbennett2750]

I tried your new method of preheating the bullets first, it works a treat. I'm going to use that method from now on,so easy.

[@l.a.3887]

Grate looking bullets I really like Eastwood powder thanks Elvis

[@barndweller4573]

I just wanted to say "Thanks" for the great tip Elvis Ammo, this new blue powder is a lot easier to use. I will continue to use the black from Powderbythepound for pistol bullets (until I use up the 5 pounds I have). The blue is working so good for be in my rifle bullets. At first I was having problems with chambering issues (after I got the RCBS die to fix the cases). I found I was being to careful with my screen when I separated the bullets from the powder. I was being so careful to not scar one or anything. It was making the tips of the bullets to fat (I have the same problem with me haha) so the long 300 Blackout bullets were getting stuck in the rifling. After I sifted then well and got all loose powder off the size what fine and the bullets still look good. This blue powder is letting me push my 153 grain bullet I have to over 1600 fps and no leading and 3/4" groups at 50 yards. I never would have figured this out with out watching you shack the crap out of yours, I was just being to careful THANKS

[@JeffinTD]

This really works great. Quick, reasonable price, great results.

[@trojanhorse4477]

I've thought about using a higher quality powder and giving that a try, just wasn't sure it was worth it. after seeing your results, I would say it is definitely worth giving it a go! thanks for the heads up Elvis!!

[@elvisammo]

you so welcome trojan horse!!!!

[@harrybirney]

Tracked down the Eastwood powders here in Australia and they are very very nice to use. Great to see how they go from your clip before I ordered several colours. Many thanks mate.

[@elvisammo]

hey Hayden Birch... Glad to see ya found some over there! Thanks for letting me know. .... And thanks for watching Mate!

[@williampollock1274]

I have found basically through trial and error if you use the smallest amount of powder to still coat the bullets properly it coats a lot faster using the same kind of butter bowl Elvis is using.

[@gregs2886]

Thanks for the video, finally I have found a European distributor for a powder paint that I am sure it will work! Greetings from Belgium.

[@elvisammo]

thanks for the greeting Greg S.... Great Powder Coating To Ya.......!

[@mikeq7096]

Just tried this method with my 45 ACPs with harbor freight red. After 200 of them as a test through my Glock 21 with aftermarket barrel I use some frog lube on a wire brush for 10 scrubs than used bore snake pass through and the barrel is spotless with no lead. A++ :)

[@elvisammo]

Good deal Mike Q.... I'm shooting 45 acp for 6 cent a shot ... they are more accurate than all my factory ammo!!! congrats! happy powder coating to ya! and thanks for watching!

[@DanielHunterUSA]

I would love to start powder coating some bullets but I cannot find any primers or small pistol primers I guess I can start doing it one day we might have primers back in the gun stores .

[@j45acp69]

For those who don't want to wait for nearly 10 minutes, the actual explanation starts at 9:20 your welcome ; )

[@jacobstaten2366]

Thank you.

[@jonnelsen6569]

Thanks!

[@KenKnowledge]

Hey Elvis. Have you ever tried to pour the bullets from the tray/mesh straight in to a bucket with cold water? They will unstick from eatch other even when they are baked stacked upon each other and you dont need to knock them on the table to get them separeted. The water will do the job for you.That's how we do it in Sweden, works great.

[@andrescrespo3422]

hey elvis, just did my first batch with the harbor freight red and its on point with your method man. Before i powder coated, I casted some .223 and was having a hard time getting them to fly true, hopefully this fixes the issue.

[@elvisammo]

hey Andres Crespo... another thing you can do is try not sizing them. I don't know what bullet your using but the lee 55 gr bullet has minimal contact with the rifling through the lube grooves. maybe give it a try! glad to know your powder coat worked out! thanks for watching!

[@grmps8927]

I like using a small leather mallet for casting bullets and find it works well for separating stuck freshly coated bullets sitting on a folded towel or in your hand.

[@elvisammo]

hey Jim G... that sounds like a good idea. .. break em apart after powder coating. ...

[@grmps8927]

I use the mallet after baking them.

[@ericapelz260]

Looks like this video may have caused a run on Eastwood's Light Ford Blue. I ordered several colors and the blue is backordered. LOL, I'm sure they are loving it. I used one of the eastwood greens with this quick shake, and they came out very nice. Thanks Elvis.

[@elvisammo]

hey Erica Peltz.... yea it's a good chance that's true! : ) I know of lots of people using it now... and I have 6 pounds myself! !! thanks for the info..... and thanks for watching!

[@h82bporgmail]

Due to owning 4 Fords I will order some and try it, Love the blue! Will wait and do these 300 Black out subsonic at 220 Gr.

[@andrescrespo3422]

thanks for the reply elvis. yeah, I made lee 55 gr. I was sizing them after the lubing them with the liquid alox. Will try not sizing em and see if the do better. Thanks again Elvis.

[@elvisammo]

Andres Crespo. .. the most important thing about powdercoated bullets is the fit...... no worries bout leading.

[@michasokolnicki644]

Hi Elvis - did you consider wearing nitro gloves and dust mask ? I also use Eastwood, but it is very toxic... Even if it only touches your skin. Please take care ;) Greatings from Poland.

[@fooey9013]

Elvis, I watch most of your videos , great entertainment for us old geysers. You are not using gas checks supersonic with powder coat. I was wondering how fast can you go without gas checks needed? Hard info to find. Thanks , Fooey

[@randyb.5604]

I used this method last night and it worked pretty well. Only flaw is there are "scars" where the coating doesn't cover any place the bullet was touching the wire basket or another bullet. I don't see any way around this short of standing the bullets on the base either after tumbling them or by spraying them, which seems like would be tedious and time consuming. And I'm not sure it's enough to matter. I will size, load and test them later, but it was easy to do and otherwise they look pretty good.

[@HansFormerlyTraffer]

elvis, dude! Remember me? the 22lr reloader guy? Well I discovered yet another PC method by accident. I would be blown away if you tried it and told me what you thought. I started off doing the 4-140 method. (these are 40 grain 22lr bullets) Harbor Freight Red. They got an even coat but very light. Now I have been using kitchen strainers for my screen because of the small diameter of the 22s. I use a big kitchen strainer about 8" in diameter to bake them. But now I am using a small cheap strainer for applying the PC. When I took them out of the powder after 4 min at 140, dumped them into the small strainer to shake off the excess powder. The coat was thin so I took the powder that was now on the cardboard and poured it back over the bullets in the strainer and shook them out again with another piece of cardboard underneath. Then took that powder and poured it back over the bullets in the strainer again. I noticed that each time I did that they got a bit thicker coat. So I did it 4 or 5 times until I got the nice thick even coat of powder that I wanted. Then baked them at 400 for 20 min. They came out great. I don't know why it works but MAN it worked really well for me. The biggest difference I see is that because the kitchen strainers have so much smaller mesh, it takes a bit of "sifting" to get the powder to shake out so you are kind of shake n bake them in a strainer. You could try it with some 223 bullets. Let me know what you think. And thanks again for you great videos. Your method is being used by a lot of folks now. There is a guy on a forum that I frequent who is experimenting with hollow based round nosed bullets with powder coating. I found out that he uses your method too. Oh and by the way it is pretty common knowledge now that sizing between coats or after the one coat makes the PC harder and tougher. Some guys pushing the envelope with that too. Shooting over 3000 fps. Keep up the good work.

[@elvisammo]

hey there Hans Pcguy. ...that's some fine info with the smaller screen and all that. that's exactly how we learn these fine new methods by trying different things. .. it's nice to hear about people in other forums using this method as well .... we have a very creative bunch in this craft.... the powdercoated bullets give us some real options don't they... thanks for the info. I'll have to try the small screen shake bake some time. .. great hearing from ya! !!!!

[@andrescrespo3422]

yes sir! Been keeping an eye on the fit specifically. I will let you know how they do in a few days. thanks man.

[@jamesananopulos9319]

Just tried powder coating the "Elvis Way" for the first time. WOW, work real good. Thanks for the info

[@elvisammo]

hey James Ananopulos.... that's so awesome. ....! thanks for letting me know! !!

[@markavelitv4140]

Thanks for the video. I tried the Ford Light Blue powder coating and came out great. The white too from Eastwood..

[@philippinegunsandammo2771]

Sir pls help or email ME [e-mail] i need to buy POWDER COATING POWDER FOR my BULLET HEADS PLS

[@My12521252]

paused the video at 15:03 and bought me some Eastwood. thanks for posting! can't wait! regards, Nate

[@elvisammo]

hey. .. 12521252... good move.. I'll be getting more! thanks for watching! !

[@tonsofgunsoffun8516]

I also started with powder by the pound and it works great. I have switched over to harbor freight red and found that I can't just dump them on my screen/tray and throw them in together. They stick and when I break them apart they remove a fair about of coating so I have to stand each one up. 1000 55-grain .223 bullets are a pain to stand up one at a time. I'll probably go back to powder by the pound.

[@elvisammo]

hey tonsofgunsoffun. .. that's way too much standing of bullets! !!! thanks for watching and commenting!

[@karenmills759]

Glad you are doing powder coat. We just ordered 2 sample packs from eastwood. We girls really like your vids... thank you.

[@elvisammo]

hey Karen Mills..... thanks for watching! Let me know how the powder coating goes for ya..... That's a great powder! My channel only has 4.7 % female viewership, it's great to see the interest! Happy powder coating to ya!

[@janetmeyer9213]

Well Elvis, there are three of us. we all reload together. Mary Karen and I. Your vids are good info for us. We have to get our lead from rotometals. One good thing about that is we do not have any trash in it. All pure. Keep up good work. Thanks

[@elvisammo]

+Janet Meyer..... We'll I'm very glad to have ya on board! it's great that you're reloading together. .. that's awesome! Thanks for letting me me know my videos are helpful. .. best of luck to the New Crew!

[@maryjohns9462]

Yes I am number three. Very good info. We just got our 300 black out upers

[@elvisammo]

+Mary Johns.... yhea I put 2 and 3 together and figured you were 1 of the 3 ! : ) did ya all get different uppers ? I love it that you three are working together. . you can accomplish a lot more that way! very good luck ya! and thanks for watching!

[@joep4235]

great tip, thanks Elvis! I have been using Powder By The Pound for the past year and really love it, but the cost is significantly higher than Harbor Freight... The Eastwood looks like a great compromise..

[@elvisammo]

your welcome ...Joe p!!!!!

[@slugmaster64]

Excellent video Elvis. I'll be experimenting with Eastwoods hot coat gray, and diamond black metallic today. I know you are a trusted source of info, because I see the Dukes mayo jar in the background. 👍

[@elvisammo]

hey slugmaster64 God Bless Ya about the Dukes! you can trust that! : )

[@tombunda2772]

Hi, my name is Tom Bunda, and I watched this video. Can you please, tell me where you buy that light blue East Powder, and also I would like to know if you size the bullets before or after powder? Do you use gas checks on the coated bullets?

[@24fathertime]

Sir love your videos and watch them all the time, however; there is one thing I would like to bring up on the one "Powder Coating in Half the Time". I love powder coating and have had really good luck with it. On our neat little toaster ovens I recommend people get a oven temperature gauge to check the actual cooking temp. There is a reason that cooks use them. Dial knobs settings are no more than a reference point and if not calibrated correctly from the factory can be wrong, sooooooooooo, when you said to warm the bullets for 4 mins at 140 degrees and it was VERY important well then is actual temp of the oven. My Walmart 25 dollar one was off quite a bit, set at 400 internal temp was 450, yep 450, so my reference know setting are out of cal. Set at 140 was reading 155 almost 160. Anyways I wanted to pass this info on and it might be a good idea for people to purchase an oven temp thermometer to check actual inside temps. Ken

[@charlesdavis8721]

Elvis- I am new to powder coating. I am using powder from Eastwood which is called Vermillion. I don't have molds yet so I ordered some Hornady .358 LRN which have a lube on them. I tried coating some as they came out of the box and some that I washed with paint thinner and could not tell any difference. I have two toaster ovens and my biggest problem is maintaining 400°F, just how critical is the temp?

[@swnorcraft7971]

They look great! How do they shoot? Thanks for sharing.

[@mattlord2906]

hey Elvis Ammo, what did you rap your toaster with? is it a tray or something? I am going to get one today but I am guessing I need to make a screen sifter like yours and also something inside to protect and set my screen on. any suggestions will be great. Thanks.

[@verdedenim662]

Oh yeah - and is this only working on HF or would it also work with Eastwood, Hitech, etc also?

[@verdedenim662]

I'll definitely give this a shot Elvis! But questions remain - does it work because it's hard cast or a particular alloy or doesn't it matter (a lot of my lead rounds are using 2-2-96). Do you still clean up the lead to remove finger oils, etc? Do you still size them after you coat them?

[@catherineharris4746]

Simply outstanding!👍👍👍👍👍

[@ronaldmorrow9649]

Question: is it possible to remove bullet lube from bullets that are 30+ years old . When I was in Georgia we could go out about anywhere and go shootings . Anyway I want to get back into reloading and just wanted to know if it is possible to remove the lube so I can powder coat these bullets. Thanks Ron 357VA

[@joshwideman7487]

Hey Elvis: Does the 20 min @ 400º tend to "anneal" your bullets? Can it cause you to lose bh hardness? I saw on other videos you were water quenching them after the oven, I think. Is it for convenience or to preserve the bullet hardness?

[@jim8191]

Alright, I've done the 4 mins at 140-150, with very little powder on them once I shake and bake. Are you doing this with HF PC? One thing I did add was the airsoft bbs and then stood them up as I've seen so many others do like LB & FC. Then of course bake @400 for 20mims. When you break the bullets apart do you find that PC is being pulled off to include pulling them from the grate. These were problems I encountered until I stood them up. Thanks for any and all help. I need to make the drive one day from Augusta and see you operate first hand now that I'm retired.

[@TheBgred1]

great vid, just getting into casting my own bullets and wanting to powder coat them, is eastwood black powder coat ok? I know Ive read the harbor freight black can be hard on barrels, is that all black powder coat? or just harbor freight? thanks

[@iancroft6445]

Hi Elvis- What resin/polymer (acrylic, polyester, epoxy, polyurethane and so on) do you use for for you bullet coatings? informative videos. Cheers.

[@rvenneman]

Mr. Elvis, did I hear you say once to make sure the plastic tub you use to shake, rattle, and roll the bullets should have a certain number or letter on the bottom or was I just dreaming of powder coating? Also, what if anything can be done to .22lr? I saw an advertisement for holiday (Christmas to me) .22lr and bullets were red and green. Maybe they dipped it in something?

[@chrisbronson1038]

I have had great results with the eastwood blue however for some reason i can get the damn green to stick have you messed around with that green at all what sort of results have you found?

[@jeffreyhildebrand3541]

Elvis. I was getting caking on my bullets from possibly overheating. I cut back to 2 minutes and I'm not having an issue with caking, but now there are semi-transparent coatings. Kind of 'marbled'. Is this ok?

[@jamestreadwell9598]

pretty, but how do they shoot? have u done a "crush" test to see if powder peels off....

[@eXdXgXe4life]

I bought 2lbs of eastwood in v twin orange. I couldn't get it to shake or tumble on my bullets worth a crap. I might try mixing it with my harbor freight red and see how that works.

[@elvisammo]

hey exdxgxe4life.... I've tried mixing things up similarly and no luck. .. try very small batch and see....

[@T.A.B.Videos]

They look great, I'm a fan of the color blue. Can you reuse the powder? I wish I still cased would like to try powder coating.

[@elvisammo]

hey treesablowin! swirl around to coat, agitate the bullets in the screen, throw em in the oven, Put some more bullets in the same powder bowl and repeat! I'm a fan of the blue myself!

[@Marcus2750-u1t]

Elvis you are the man brother!!! Come back to youtube man!!

[@flynavy26]

Hey you tube! It's Elvis Ammo here! I watch just for that intro! Great vids...keep it up brother!

[@elvisammo]

hey flynavy26......it's elvis ammo here! thank ya sir... good to have ya! : )

[@1997LT1Camaro]

Elvis did you notice that the ford blue sticks easier from eastwood, or does it matter with other colors from them?

[@elvisammo]

hey 1997LT1Camaro... a lot of the powdercoat from Eastwood works on contact. . but some of them require require the preheat method. .. I have the blue and green.

[@1997LT1Camaro]

Tried this with .45 and had no luck. The bullets are sticking to the screen, and then when knocked loose the coating tears/rips off some. (not small amounts either) I went back for a second coat and same result. How critical is it for 100% coverage to achieve proper performance in the barrel? I am going back and going to try to use the nonstick foil in the oven and see how that works. I am just afraid the coating will be too thick after 3 coats now. I do have a sizing die from Lee however.

[@lestergaither9201]

do you find that by powder coating you can still load at supersonic velocities and don't need to worry about leading the barrel?

[@choppa8827]

Harbor freight only sells White & Black powder here now.

[@bigracer3867]

Same here, wanted red, but had to get black. Will use it since cheap. If I like powder coating will get some other. Want to try enamel coating also.

[@christopherlease]

Elvis- With your knowledge in powder coating I have a problem that I cannot solve. I want to add Hexagonal Boron Nitride to a powder coat to see if it adds to the lubricating ability of the powder coats. However I cannot get it to coat or stick to the bullets when dry, heated. will it work with the wet method using acetone?

[@boddyxpolitic]

Im with ya elvis i got a NONharbor freight powder & it works great

[@elvisammo]

hey bodyxpolitic, what kind of powder you use? thanks again!

[@boddyxpolitic]

Its called Pro-Tec fishing lure & jig powder zombie green. i got it off ebay

[@guitarbootman]

Hey Elvis what part of the country are you from? Just curious. I like to guess but I can't figure you out. I am from the heart of Texas. I love the polymer coating and I have been trying some from a commercial source. Shot some though my 45 and 2 9mms and just a dry snake and they were clean. No lead detected with a Lewis lead remover. It's amazing stuff. An indoor range is very bad with regular cast and lubed bullets. Polymer coated is the only way to go now...

[@elvisammo]

hey guitarbootman ... I'm here in the fine State of SC.. .. yes powder coated bullets or polymer are the way to go... and a lot safer shooting steel too... no metal jackets flying back... Happy shooting my Texan friend!

[@frankiecrouch3918]

I'm new to powder coating, I am using the Eastwood ford blue and heating to 400 for 20 minutes, but where my bullets are touching each other the powder is missing from one of the bullets. I'm getting a lot of spots like this. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Frankie

[@larrykool8637]

I couldn't get the Harbor Freight Red to work even using the 4 for 140 method. I switched over to Eastwood powders and it worked great

[@elvisammo]

hey Larry Kool... thats a kool name!!! Im glad to see you found a way that works for ya!!! that why we like options!! thanks for watching and commenting!

[@JeffinTD]

Awesome video.

[@emorymetheny999]

Hi realy like your vid now how long after casting do you powder coat them

[@sorgeljacques1568]

hello Thanks for your vidéo i tried but the powder does not stick on the bullets. Any ideas about that?

[@jim8191]

Well, I think I may have figured out how to create some quality static for PC. While I've only tried with red (part lazy), the results are coming out quite nice. I took EA advice and warmed the bullets in preheated 150 @ 4 mins. Then comes the static...I took me a gray 5 gal Sherwin Williams PAINT bucket (clean the inside extremely well) and dropped thed bullets inside with 500 airsoft bbs plus Red HF PC. Now, when not in use I utilize my Rockford Arsenal Wet Tumblr to set my 5 gal bucket on sideways. I can assume we've all put the lid on the bucket at this point and taken the wet Tumblr off the rollers. Run them bullets for approximately 5 or so minutes and holy smokes. You can feel the static on the outside of the bucket. Nice thick coat of PC. I will say I do not ever touch the bullets with bare hands at anytime prior to PC to avoid oils from my fingers hindering results. I should add that i do stand the bullets on their base on non stick alluminum foil (dull side). Let's see if you get the same. Would be nice to see if others get good results.

[@mikesfarmmikesfarm3977]

When you bake,your vids look like you start timer when bullets are cold. Do you start timing after powder gets glossy ?

[@elvisammo]

hey mikesfarm mikesfarm. .. yes correct. . you saw right... I do start from cold. .. thanks for watching!

[@johnkovalchick6218]

thanks elvis I like your videos your a good old country boy like me

[@elvisammo]

thanks John Kovolchik... thank God for country boys!!!!! ; ) thanks for watching

[@crazycastingbonnifield1399]

Just got my first pound of Eastland powder today.mwill try it out soon! Thanks Elvis!

[@elvisammo]

hey crazycasting Bonnifield. .. you said Eastland. .. But I know you ment eastwood! Let me know what ya think of it?

[@crazycastingbonnifield1399]

+elvis ammo My Bad Elvis. It is Eastwood. I will let you know how I like it. I have only used harbor freight in the past so I am exited about this one.

[@brandongaffey1654]

will be trying it thanks Elvis.

[@mattlord2906]

Maybe it would be nice to know how you made your basket in a video. oh and I just scored a very nice brand new $180 toaster oven for $25. it was hard to make it a powder coat oven. it has convention and a rotisserie. nothing but the best for my bullets, lol

[@Harleychromeman]

another great video, getting ready to powder coat bullets myself.

[@elvisammo]

Harleychromeman. ... thanks again for watching and commenting! !!!!

[@harleyjonesrr]

Do you shoot 308 powder coated without gas checks

[@ocean374]

have you tried it at a indoor range also how is the smoke i use the indoor range that's why I'm asking thanks have a nice day.

[@elvisammo]

hey ocean374...just maybe a little more than factory. . can't see it being a problem like lubed bullets. . but I haven't shot them indoors. ..

[@edadpops1709]

Im ready to dive in the pool Mr elvis so im watching this again. I see your in a small space there, do you cast inside? Do you have a vent system. Over the pot.

[@elvisammo]

hey Edad Martin.... I have a small fan over the pot and a large fan pulling the rest out the door... This is an excepted standard.

[@ysidroavila6454]

Have you tried the Airsoft bb method? i hear people put a few in a bag with the powder coat and the boolits then tumble all inside the bag. But this method seems like it works well.

[@wannabe4668]

Don’t waste your time with the plastic bb’s. They are a pain in the rear and add nothing to the process

[@ysidroavila6454]

@@wannabe4668 thank you. I have not used them and don't plan to.

[@elvisammo]

VERY EASY BREEZY!

[@floorpizza8074]

Great video, Elvis. Thumbs up!

[@elvisammo]

thanks floorpizza....!

[@presidentkirkman572]

hey Elvis ammo, love your videos they are the best powder costing videos on the Internet. you rlly helped me have some great product thank you so much. I wish you had more subscribers like the big youtubers that way you would have the money you deserve from making theese videos, i hope you become one of the biggest I wish you well in all that you do. also have you should do a Giveaway of some ingots or powder coated bullets that would be AWESOME! I bet it would get you alot more subscribers. stay good man.

[@elvisammo]

thanks Mr President! : ) . can't ask for a better endorsement than that! Merry Christmas my friend!

[@presidentkirkman572]

elvis ammo you too!

[@slick66]

I'd like some red, white and blue in the revolvers :) Very nice.

[@elvisammo]

hey Joe cwic... yhea I like it! !! thanks for watching!

[@lutherneko421]

Have u tried putting hollow points in ur powder coated bullets

[@adammcintyre3826]

I must be doing something wrong. I threw some Airsoft BB'S and a scoop of powder in a #5 dish (cottage cheeze). Shook for about 1 minute, transfer to oven, and it's all good. EXCEPT it is adding about 0.004 to the bullet, seems like other people are getting 0.002. Maybe i added too much powder? I'd love to be able to shoot my .356 dropped bullets at .358 and avoid sizing... Have you ever found that things get too thick?

[@elvisammo]

Hey Adam Mcintyre... Yep .. I've run into to thick. for one, Not that important but you can try without the bb's... And you may try less shaking in the powder. Also some folks like using only, like a table spoon or so of powder. This seems a little better for some... And if it's thick I like to shake it around in the screen really good. It dont hurt if light scaring occurs, It will fill out fine. There are some things that might help... let me know how it goes? thanks for watching!

[@gruntspy44]

i love how you answer my questions before i can type them out. very detailed!

[@chrism1190]

How'd you make the mesh screen you baked them in? Going to try this since I'm almost ready to start casting.

[@elvisammo]

I SSMDad.... I got some hardware cloth from the hardware store and cut it out, bent up the edges to the size of my toaster oven. .. that's it! the holes in the mesh are 1/4 inch by the way.... happy powder coating to ya!

[@chrism1190]

Sweet. Thank you! Love your videos too!

[@scott3312]

Great Video, what kind of velocity are you driving your PC rifle boolits? I've had good accuracy with cast tumble lube gas checked boolits at around 1600 fps in both .308 and 7.62x39 but have heard that PC boolits push that envelope to 2200fps.

[@elvisammo]

hey Scott olet.. you heard right .. and if you were to powder coat those bullets you mentioned, the velocity would increase and you could drop the gas check .. then the bullet fit will become the most important ..

[@Thorsaxe777]

Hey Elvis.. Looks like you have been thinking outside of the box with better quality Powder. You are right though, The Harbor Freight Powder coat does nicely, However it's not a pretty as that Ford Blue (Eastwood) stuff. as you know I don't powder coat, However it's the way to go. (Cost control my friend) I have spent thousands on Bullet molds, Lube seizer Presses and uncountable sticks of Lube claiming to be the "Best".. Just to get to the point of where I'm at now, All I need is a automated casting machine and I would be in Business, One thing that is awesome is the pride you take in what you do. I can see it in you that when you do a good job it's because you work hard at it and take pride in your work. You make Great Bullets that surpass what you could buy out there and that's what it's all about dude.. Have a good one Elvis. can't wait for the range time.. Dave.

[@elvisammo]

hey thorsaxe777. .. yeah Joe Kikass told me about this and I could tell he really had sutem there. ... thankfully I ordered some. it's awesome! and yes I do take pride in my work! that's what makes it fun... Great quality powder. .. you can dump a lot of money as you know. .. you also know it's like crack!!!! ; ) doing it for less is always a challenge! thanks again! !!

[@Thorsaxe777]

Like you said.. Doing something Well is well worth doing. As soon as I see how to do it and wire it up, I'm going to make a PID control unit for a old Lee ten pound pot that I have had forever. The whole cost is less than fifty bucks. It provides thermal heat control that does not vary from Hot to cold and makes it More Precise for maintaining heat consistency. I would suggest you look into doing it to your Lee casting pot, I seen on ebay the whole main kit cost $33 for Controller, Probe and relay. Dave..

[@36hotrod777]

Just another option, I use a Lyman 10 lb pot to melt my ingots and flux. Then use a kitchen type ladle to replenish my Lee production pot, I have both pots side by side. This seems to maintain production pot temp very well and I can produce 1000 -1600 bullets in a long evening. I drop them from 6 cavity lee molds into a 5 gallon plastic pail half full (optimist) of water. The pail has a terry cloth towel with about a 1" hole, draped to the to the water level, the towel is secured with a very large screw type hose clamp. I am not sure I gain much in hardness of bullets from quenching, but the benefit from the towel and water is less dented bullets. The towel also minimizes water slash to the molten lead, pots are on a bench and pail is on the floor.

[@joseramonminorfuentes4883]

Powder coating God father love that!..lol Man always a placer to check out your videos thank you!

[@moe238297]

Hey buddy I've noticed that you have so many ignots of lead i was wandering if you had an ebay store selling any and if not can I buy some ... pay pal is available im looking to get into making my own cast bullets so I would need some pretty hard lead for magnum and rifle loads ... .. if you can help me I would really appreciate it ... 20 to 100 pounds depending on cost

[@jamesh5187]

Great video between you and FortuneCookie45LC you guys have been teaching me allot 👍🏻

[@rgaz43]

Can we powder coat ar 15 - 55gr bullets and if we tried to run them about 2500 fps would they stay together?

[@maturepatriot277]

Thanks for the improved method and powder info. Now what do i do with the Harbor Freight powers I ordered and have on hand but have never used yet. I ordered them based on your 4 at 140 method which seemed so much easier than tumbling or shaking. I don't like the Ford blue, never have since the 1960s. Didn't seem to be an appropriate color for an engine. Will probably use Chevy red.

[@elvisammo]

hey Mature Patriot!!! Dodge Has some nice colors too!! : ) The Blue does seem to have great coverage....I still use my harbor freight powders as well! Thanks for taking the time to comment and Thanks for watching......

[@maturepatriot277]

Want to thanks you for your videos on powder coating. Am about to retire and will have time now for more bullet casting and reloading. Powder coating seems to be the way to go for easier bullet making and reloading.

[@BobbyJpure]

That's one Good True Man there everyone! Knowledge is key to success.

[@elvisammo]

thanks Kyle, thanks for watching! ; )

[@jndred]

Hey Elvis, I'm having trouble getting harbor freight red to coat in one coat..tried preheating the bullets but still won't coat with hand tumbling..maybe the bullets aren't warm enough to coat without doing twice..any suggestions? ..thanks!

[@jungleno.]

Try using a plastic container with the number 5 inside the recycle triangle on it. They seem to create more static electricity than other types of plastic containers.

[@papasplace2]

With freight included the Eastwood powers are about 2x the HF powders. Is the increase in price really worth it?

[@elvisammo]

hey Papa's Place... well... it just depends. .. I do find myself kinda going to the Eastwood powder alot.. but I also like the great coat it provides. But I have absolutely no problems at all with HF. It offers different colors and easier to coat. Nothing major! you can always watch for sales and (free shipping ) that's how I got my last batch!

[@mccarthywatch]

Hey Elvis Really enjoyed your video. Very interesting and informative! Thanks for taking the time to make it.. I'm getting ready to start casting for my new Smith&Wesson Performance Center 500 Magnum. I was and well - still am worried about leading the barrel. But it looks like powder coating my bullets may be an easy solution. Do you think the Eastwood coatings will be ok to push up around 1800 fps? I don't believe I'll go much past that with this monster! Thanks again bro.. Denis

[@elvisammo]

hey Denis McCarthy. ..you go ahead and push em as fast as you want. ... that's some tuff stuff. ... just make sure you are at least 1 thousands over on your bullet size... let me know how those monsters fly ; )

[@mccarthywatch]

Hey Elvis - Thanks for the quick response bro! So I have a few questions for ya. Since I'm going to be powder coating, do you still recommend using a gas check? Thanks to you I ordered my Lee furnace and two molds from Midway as well as the Lee sizing die. In your comment above, you said "make sure you are at least 1 thou over your bullet size" - My sizing die is .501. So once they are coated the bullet is going to be a bit larger than that.. Is that going to be a issue? And since I will be powder coating, I'm assuming the lead alloy is not going to be as important as it would be without the coating in regards to how hard the lead is... - correct? Also, are you on Facebook? It would be nice to follow you there as well. Thanks!

[@elvisammo]

+Denis McCarthy .... no gas checks , yes 1 thousands over bore diameter , and no the hardness isn't as important with pc. bullets. bullet fit is the most important. And yes I have a face book "elvis ammo " Thanks for watching! : ) I just uploaded a new video with some helpful info pertaining to some advantages of the powdercoat bullet... oh btw. you cast the bullet, then powdercoat, then size... and bingo. .. load my friend! .501

[@dude26999]

Waiting for you to start making shirts. Would buy one for sure.

[@elvisammo]

hey dude26999 hey thanks!! what would the shirt say on it ... : )

[@dude26999]

Sorry, I posted another comment instead of just replying

[@glockster68]

awesome video...thanks for the video, have not tried eastwood. I was going to ask how many bullets in general can you get coated out of 1 pound?

[@elvisammo]

hey there glockster68... not sure exactly.... over 5 maybe 10 thousand ... a lot....the Eastwood is the easiest powder to apply that I know of,,, sorry about your ban on the lead wheel weights... we still have them in SC. but I have heard talk of banning it here... thanks for watching!!!!!

[@jamesp8164]

Been wondering about your basic set up for powder coating. Do you have any issues with ventilation of gases coming from the oven while baking the bullets?

[@elvisammo]

Hey jamesp81... Yeah I can't really confirm or deny any issues from baking... To be on the safe side I just make sure I have ventilation to the out side .. Fan, Open door, That kind of thing. The dust is always been my main goal to avoid! Happy powder Coating to ya!

[@way2gorule521]

Elvis ammo you must be a Ford guy, that's cool good choice I can see you in a nice Ford truck

[@elvisammo]

hey, way2go rule, fords ok but their blue on bullets is awesome!!!!!! thanks for commenting!