Re: Anyone do this with their powders?
Powders are preconfigured to eliminate any inherent static discharge hazard.
Kernel coatings were developed late in the 19th century to include carbon/graphite as an electrical conductor.
This ensures that static buildup caused by agitation will bleed and equalize throughout the powder mass, preventing high static potentials that could create ignition. It is the primary reason why powder shipments do not transform themselves into smoking craters on our public highways.
This graphite remains largely unconsumed and constitutes the major bulk of carbon fouling.
This graphite is, in fact, a very effective dry lubricant; and has already served the purpose many attribute more recently to Moly for well over a century.
I would not be too surprised to discover that one of the ingredients in the new 'wonder coatings' could turn out to be Moly. Many BR shooters have been adding Moly to their powder rather than coating their bullets for some time now.
This is also a valid argument in favor of less bore cleaning.
The bore doesn't really need to be cleaned so very often for accuracy reasons. What the bore really needs, instead, is a means for defeating bore surface corrosion. Fouling compounds can absorb and trap atmospheric oxygen and moisture, promoting bore surface corrosion. One may either remove them, or coat them with a moisture barrier (like oil), or both.
Greg
