Have any of you hombres tried moly coating your bullets? If so, I would like to know your thoughts and results......after which, I will tell you my findings. No hearsay, please; just first hand information.

Struggled with the stuff for several years, then gave it up as a bad habit!

Built up unevenly in rifle bores, no matter how much and what kind of scrubbing.

Didn't notice much change in accuracy, although pressure/velocity dropped and required more powder to gain back desired velocity/accuracy.

Had to have a dedicated tumbler bowl soley for coating.

Stuff ended up getting on everything in the gun room, especially the reloading equipment.

Use it now 'til used up on anything that needs lubing with a dry lubricant - can't wait for it to be gone!

'Course, this is just MY opinion!

Hey Loader 3009,

Rick Jamison did an in-depth study(late last year or early, this year) on moly coated bullets. He shot many thousands of rounds in the test and his results were: (paraphrasing) Loss of velocity instead of gain, not easier to clean, not more accurate. Summing up: it sucked.

I found it humorous that on the next page after the article, there was a full page ad pushing the stuff. I'll bet Shooting Times didn't sell another page to them. It was about a four page article. Call Shooting Times and see if you can get a back-issue.

Bud

I have been using t he Midway USA moly process for several years, now. Yes, I know it's messy……..I use latex gloves and a slotted spoon to remove the bullets from the tumbler. And, noisy…….you almost need ear protection. These are the two main drawbacks I have found.


As for the build-up in the barrel, I solved that by tumbling and polishing after coating. ALL of the excess moly must be removed. This is the "secret" to moly use.

As for accuracy, my groups shrank to the point of being "one holers". I was amazed. I
use moly only in my bolt and single shot rifles. Any others are a waste of time as they
don’t possess the inherent accuracy.

I coat my jacketed pistol bullets to insure feeding. Seems to work. No failures to feed to date.

I had to re-zero all of my scope settings as the point of impact had changed with the moly coats. This, I did after firing about a dozen rounds. It takes a while for the groups to settle in.

I now clean my bores after a hundred or so rounds. I use a dry brush and dry patch.

As for the loss in velocity, the groundhogs and crows didn't complain. Neither did the dime size spots that I shoot at 100 yards.

I hate that any of you had problems with the process. As for me, I will continue the use.

As for Rick Jamison, I am sure that he is a very busy man with all of his duties at Shooting Times. Maybe he didn't polish his bullets.

Oh, and by the way, stay away from that moly spray and moly barrel prep crap.

Tried it..didn't find any of the reported benefits. Put me doen as "neutral" , don't hate the stuff but haven't found any reason to continue using it either.

IN some ways, once you try it, are stuck with it for a long while, Those using it for a neck lube...don't you think it transfers to the bullets seated in that Moly-coated case neck? Getting it completely out of a barrel isn't all that easy, the stuff is made to be persistant and at least a small amount lingers on.

I had the exact same findings as kdub. I purchased a NECO kit back in 95' and coated 22.250 and .223 according to directions. I even lightly polished using corn-cob media, used carnuba wax coating, I tried everything. I found my results were not worth the hassle. I quite using the stuff and gave the kit away. Currently, there have been over 3500 rds (non-coated) through my .22-250, I had the bore scoped last year and found no appreciable throat erosion nor barrel wear and it still hits P-dogs over 600 yds away.

Allen :)