HBN Bullet Coating

[Calvin45]

You can see the "sheen", the matte metallic lustre I talked about, in that box of 95 blips.

The second picture helps contrast hbn treated vs untreated. From left to right or top to bottom we have a

280 .358 a-frame UNTREATED
75 Barnes x 6mm treated
95 Nosler b tip 6mm treated
100 Nosler b tip .257 treated
250 .358 hornady interlock UNTREATED
75 .257 hammer hunter treated
90 257 absolute hammer treated
120 .308" Barnes tac-tx treated
196 8mm PPU softpoint UNTREATED.

 

[Calvin45]

If there's exposed lead in any capacity on the bullets involved I recommend strongly AGAINST hbn coating as well.

 

[epoletna]

If there's exposed lead in any capacity on the bullets involved I recommend strongly AGAINST hbn coating as well.

Explain?

 

[Calvin45]

Explain?

Oh it won't hurt anything but it'll be messier and in my experience exposed soft let gets dinged up and deformed pretty good in tumbling. And the end product will be "coated" or plated with lead as much as anything else. Don't know how it affects the hbn.

 

[Paulstarr]

Len, I am curious as well. I hope to hear from the users about this.

I have used HBN for over 10 years but as snox801 says the time it takes is the killer.As he says it works, as a target shooter I make 100/150 shots when I go to the range so it helps with barrel fouling and wear so for me it's great, but for hunting I think the benefits of doing its greatly outweighed by the time taken to do it.Hope that helps.

 

[ChrisInKY]

You can see the "sheen", the matte metallic lustre I talked about, in that box of 95 blips.

That's what 'right' looks like.

 

[Calvin45]

That's what 'right' looks like.

Why thank you good sir!

 

[uncle_motorhead]

Is that the stuff used in the final finish kit, but various grits of HBN?

No. His final finish is different levels of abrasive.

 

[Flea21]

I stumbled upon this thread after measuring the throat erosion on my 22 Creedmoor…after 254rds I'm showing .040" erosion. I don't know if that's "normal" or not but either way, I'm like wow that seems like alot.

This HBN coating of bullets sounds like a great idea for improving/maintaining great accuracy and low ES/SD #'s.

I'm definitely curious enough to give it a try and see how this and my other rifles perform. I have a brand new custom 6MM CM which I have yet to shoot, so maybe start that one off from day one with this. It looks like the others I'd have to clean to bare metal to do it right from what I've read here.

Please enlighten me a bit on getting started, I'd like to this right the first time if I can… Thank You In advance.

 

[Hardshot]

I stumbled upon this thread after measuring the throat erosion on my 22 Creedmoor…after 254rds I'm showing .040" erosion. I don't know if that's "normal" or not but either way, I'm like wow that seems like alot.

This HBN coating of bullets sounds like a great idea for improving/maintaining great accuracy and low ES/SD #'s.

I'm definitely curious enough to give it a try and see how this and my other rifles perform. I have a brand new custom 6MM CM which I have yet to shoot, so maybe start that one off from day one with this. It looks like the others I'd have to clean to bare metal to do it right from what I've read here.

Please enlighten me a bit on getting started, I'd like to this right the first time if I can… Thanm You In advance.

Clean you bullets first, some was in dish soap and water. Then they have to dry . I use HBN in 6 guns mostly 6 mls . I use a Terry towel spread the bullets out and spray down with brake cleaner ,pick up the four corners of cloth roll around in cloth then into another dry cloth roll again. Done read to tumble with HBN . 3000 rounds on my 6 Br and still bug holes

 

[Flea21]

Clean you bullets first, some was in dish soap and water. Then they have to dry . I use HBN in 6 guns mostly 6 mls . I use a Terry towel spread the bullets out and spray down with brake cleaner ,pick up the four corners of cloth roll around in cloth then into another dry cloth roll again. Done read to tumble with HBN . 3000 rounds on my 6 Br and still bug holes

Wow, that's awesome. I was gonna use acetone or wash them like some have stated earlier and then probably dry them in my brass dryer thereafter. As far as the powder goes, I'd like to find a source for it in larger quantities at a reasonable price.. unless it's one of those things that just is.

 

[Hardshot]

Acetone drys so fast it works also. I will try and figure out how to include pictures of the HBN product that I got on line .Probably got 10 times the volume that you get from Tubb .

 

[idcwby]

Wow, that's awesome. I was gonna use acetone or wash them like some have stated earlier and then probably dry them in my brass dryer thereafter. As far as the powder goes, I'd like to find a source for it in larger quantities at a reasonable price.. unless it's one of those things that just is.

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[M1A1ABRAMS]

I use it to prevent cold bore flyers.
I like it for that. I pretreat with the alcohol slurry to avoid the pressure spikes of the first few rounds down a clean barrel. I do have to clean it out of the hollow points of my Absolute Hammers, so no Hammer trails. I didn't use it this time on the Shock Hammers in the 375 Winchester so maybe I'll get them this time.

Edit: if you do use it on Hammer hollow points rinse them good in IPA and let them dry. If you don't all of your HBN will be caked in the oil of your Hollow points and there won't be any left for coating the outside of the bullet. Ask me how I know.

I would be curious in your load for the 375 Win. And did you shoot these with just one in the chamber ? Or one in the chamber & one in the tube. Or did you just load the tube up ?