What percentage of benchrest competitors use moly?

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What percentage of benchrest competitors use moly?

How has that percentage changed over the years?
TIA
 
Coated buwets

I would venture a guess that at least 85% are shooting naked.

Yes... In my are as well I'd say this is close to what I have witnessed, mostly naked shooters......:D

I'd say same percentage (<20%) for tuners... Well, for now...

cale
 
Moly

I don't use it myself but my bet is at the supershoot next month there will 400 shooters??? There will NOT be 15% or 60 shooters using Moly. I would put my money on 5 percent. and thats my WAG.
 
I doubt there will be 400 shooters at the Super Shoot and would be so bold as to guess that less that 2% will be using any coating on their bullets.
 
Moly

I think moly was a fad that has come and gone; kind of like Doctor Ironbeard's tonic of the 1860's.
Chino69
 
What percent of benchrest shooters go to Super Shoot?

100%

What percent go to the big matches?

Again 100%.

;););)

Sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself.

As far as the % of total BR shooters, in the US. I think the number is between 2500 and 3000? So approximately 10-15% would attend the SS and probably 8-12% for a big match.
 
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caroby said:
I would venture a guess that at least 85% are shooting naked.

Yes... In my are as well I'd say this is close to what I have witnessed, mostly naked shooters......:D

I'd say same percentage (<20%) for tuners... Well, for now...

cale
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AH yes NAKED SHOOTERS, I can see that now Hummmmm! I guess its time for Captain Safe Shooter to come to the rescue at the Super Shoot, what do you think? I can see some very important safety issues here.

sorry I went in the wrong direction on the topic, as most of us do.
 
Of all the shooters I've seen at the matches I really hope none of them shoot naked!!
 
IMHO the answer to your question depends on what discipline you are participating in. The group shooting crowd is pretty well convinced that naked bullets are the way to go. They are getting some phenominal results, so it's hard to argue. However, a large segment of the score shooting crowd has gone to coated bullets over the last few years, and aggs have improved significantly during that time, so it's hard to argue with those successes, too. I think that the use of coated bullets in score shooting is more a personality thing than anything else. Score shooters are a pretty laid back group, and anything that makes life a little easier without sacrificing performance is considered a good thing. Coated bullets allow much less cleaning, so it makes life a little simpler. Results may vary, and to each his own.
 
Kinda like..

Mike Marcelli said:
What percent of benchrest shooters go to Super Shoot?

100%

What percent go to the big matches?

Again 100%.

;););)

Sorry. Sometimes I can't help myself.

As far as the % of total BR shooters, in the US. I think the number is between 2500 and 3000? So approximately 10-15% would attend the SS and probably 8-12% for a big match.
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how many dead people in that cemetery? All of them!
 
not only do i shoot moly in all of my rifles( except one, and it will get converted one of these days), i also shoot moly in most of my pistols.....total guns somewhere short of 100....but not by much.

it does one thing and one thing only...it allows you to maintain accuracy....longer, between cleanings.....no real magic. but i like it.

maybe we caqn get the ss to check bullet coating as part of the equiptment list, and publish the list.

mike in co
 
Ok so while you are at iT with coat or naked What about Flat Base Or Boat Tail. I Think it"s what your Barrel really likes. My Preferense is Flat base Naked Richard
 
Question on bullet coating familiar with Danzac, Tungsten, and Moly.

Also graphite, save those pencil shavings for the tumbler with some Baby powder.

Discovered a friction reducer that is used in some gas treatments, removes gas and oil from my hands better than anything else, is used to get rid of cock roaches, cleans laundry etc.

Makes things slippery my secret? Borax Sodium perborate.


Chemical metalurgical engineers please:
My question would tumbling bullets in this powdered form and load and shoot
harm a rifle barrel cause erosion or decrease barrel life?

I know this reduces friction.
 
caroby said:
I would venture a guess that at least 85% are shooting naked.

Yes... In my are as well I'd say this is close to what I have witnessed, mostly naked shooters......:D

I'd say same percentage (<20%) for tuners... Well, for now...

cale
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No naked shooters up here-too cold!!!! And besides Jefferson is here and he doesn't look that good dressed.
 
Borax Sodium perborate

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Makes things slippery my secret? Borax Sodium perborate.


Chemical metalurgical engineers please:
My question would tumbling bullets in this powdered form and load and shoot
harm a rifle barrel cause erosion or decrease barrel life?


From Wkikpedia:

Boric acid, sodium borate, and sodium perborate are estimated to have a lethal dose (LD50) from 5 to 20 g/kg in humans[verification needed][3]. These substances are toxic to all cells, and have a slow excretion rate through the kidneys. Kidney toxicity is the greatest, with liver fatty degeneration, cerebral edema, and gastroenteritis. A reassessment of boric acid/borax by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs found potential developmental toxicity (especially effects on the testes).[4] Boric acid solutions used as an eye wash or on abraded skin are known to be especially toxic to infants, especially after repeated use because of its slow elimination rate


Think it might be bad to aerosolize it by shooting in the long term. Kinda like lead indoors..
 
Same goes for TEFLON that I used to coat my barrels internals with teflon based auto wax. No longer due to toxic heated effects but cookware is still sold with TEFLON coatings.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3969234.html

Sodium tetraborate pentahydrate - Used as a water clarifier in swimming pool water treatment

Because of its distinctive green flame, amorphous boron is used in pyrotechnic flares.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borax

A mixture of borax and ammonium chloride is used as a flux when welding iron and steel.

Engine oil Detergent Additive: boron, calcium, magnesium, and barium.

Food additive
Borax is used as a food additive in some countries with the E number E285,
but is banned in the United States. Its use is similar to salt, and it appears
in French and Iranian caviar.

http://www.lef.org/abstracts/codex/boron_index.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-boron.html
 
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