I know that every one of you read the M.L. McPherson article in PS and rushed to your reloading bench to give The Finally Perfect Moly a try. So did I. It works perfectly! I have several hundred black bullets with a coating so hard that it won't rub off without a lot of effort. They're so pretty I may never shoot them! Don't count on that, though...
BUT.......
I use the impact method using steel bbs. So far so good. I made up the mixture with too much water (of course) and had the clunking blob in the drum, turned the space heater on it, etc., etc., etc. It all came out just as the article said it would, including some really terrific looking bullets. I was pleased, to say the least. The next day (today) I decided to dig out a batch of bullets I'd had sitting in the storage cabinet and throw them in the tumbler to see if the now-coated bbs would again work their magic with a little more moly powder and water (not so much this time). I checked the progress after four hours and got an odd result: NO moly had adhered to the bullets. I'm not a chemist, I'm a musician, but it looks like the new form of moly had bound together so tightly that it gathered up the new dose of powder and didn't put anything on the bullets!
Back to the drawing board tomorrow when I clean off the aforementioned bullets, scrub out the tank, add another hundred or so bullets, apply the moly powder and water and try tumbling with no shot this time.
If y'all have another take on this process let's have it. I bet there are a bunch of guys waiting to refine this process to where it's easily and effectively performed, but I could be wrong.....
BUT.......
I use the impact method using steel bbs. So far so good. I made up the mixture with too much water (of course) and had the clunking blob in the drum, turned the space heater on it, etc., etc., etc. It all came out just as the article said it would, including some really terrific looking bullets. I was pleased, to say the least. The next day (today) I decided to dig out a batch of bullets I'd had sitting in the storage cabinet and throw them in the tumbler to see if the now-coated bbs would again work their magic with a little more moly powder and water (not so much this time). I checked the progress after four hours and got an odd result: NO moly had adhered to the bullets. I'm not a chemist, I'm a musician, but it looks like the new form of moly had bound together so tightly that it gathered up the new dose of powder and didn't put anything on the bullets!
Back to the drawing board tomorrow when I clean off the aforementioned bullets, scrub out the tank, add another hundred or so bullets, apply the moly powder and water and try tumbling with no shot this time.
If y'all have another take on this process let's have it. I bet there are a bunch of guys waiting to refine this process to where it's easily and effectively performed, but I could be wrong.....
