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Old 02-11-2017, 10:15 PM
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These were coated twice and sized but the second coat with the air soft bb's was so thick that I probably won't need to do two coats next time. Some of the ones that got too hot in the last batch had some deformity at the base that when pushed through the sizing due were not usable at all. Chucked those into the melting pot. I read up on the gas check issue. I was thinking the gas check was to necessary to keep the end of the bullet from melting under hotter loads and powder coating would eliminate the need for the gas check. Wrong. The gas check essentially seals the gaps around the bullet that gas could escape from. So powder coating wouldn't matter if the load was hot enough to require a gas check. For now I won't have any loads that would require a gas check so no need to mess with it. I am happy that powder coated bullets will act like jacketed bullets in the large majority of my loads.

Thanks again for your insight and experience!
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