Comments on: Reloading Tip for Coated Bullets — Adjust Loads Cautiously

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:42:17 +0000

If I had to “season” the barrel with moly for 20-30+ shots before getting any benefit, I would give up on moly.

About 30+ years ago, when moly was just starting to get the attention shooters, I didn’t have the resources to coat bullets. Instead, I swabbed the bore with a SC7/moly mix before the initial clean-bore shot. After that I would shoot naked bullets with very little, if any, copper fouling. The result (gratification) was immediate. Also, I did not notice any loss of velocity over time after swabbing. Anecdotal evidence yes, but I believe it’s solid.

Today, I coat the bullets, but still use pre-swabb the bore most of the time, especially when I plan on shooting long strings, just to be sure. There may be better things out there, but I’m sticking to what worked the first time, and ever since.

NOTE: Swabbing the bore with moly demands a consistent technique and certain precautions which I arrived at over time using trial-and-error, mostly error, but nothing unsafe.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:41:01 +0000

This applied not to ‘coated bullets’ but to ‘moly coated bullets’. The other coatings used today produce different results all together.

By: Steve Urban

Steve Urban — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 22:46:49 +0000

I used Dri-Slide on a patch to pre-coat the bore with moly after I cleaned and had excellent results.

By: Boyd Allen

Boyd Allen — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:30:39 +0000

Excellent tip! Back in the day, some moly shooters used cleaning methods that were somewhat non standard. For current users, or those who contemplate using moly, a little research may be in order. On thing that I remember is that conventional petroleum based cleaners were not very good at removing moly from barrels. Given that there is a whole new crop of bore cleaners that have significantly different chemestry , it may be that going back in time a bit would be an advantage. In any case if one were to figure out how to remove powder and copper fouling without taking all of the moly out, there might be an advantage.