For the reloaders. Moly bullets?

[tickled pink]

For you guys that target and long range shoot do you use moly coated bullets? If so what do you like or dislike about them?

 

[GhostFace]

I use moly in two rifles and from what I see the advantages are, 1. CBS is the same as the last shot, 2. I can load to higher velocities than naked (use more powder) with out pressure, 3. longer shot strings before cleaning. In the 8 years of using moly I have not noticed a negative, yet. My newest rifle I am loading naked just to see if there is a difference between them. As far as the CBS with the naked bulltes I have not noticed a difference either but this is my only custom rifle. So I don't know if the barrel as anyting to do with it or not. Moly isn't messy if done right and I don't not have the ring of death either but I don't use wax.

Moly is a choice, just like choosing a caliber of rifle for, let's say target shooting. Many will steer you towards a 6.5 whatever and for good reason. While those, like me will still use a .30 cal and I have my reasons and can provide data to back up my choice. Do your reasearch and decide for yourself, it may or may not be worth it to you. I have no regrets...

 

[chefcam864]

I don't use Moly, but I do coat bullets. I started with Ws2(tungsten disulfide), but am now using Hexagonal Boron Nitride. My experiences mirror Ghostface's in that I have not seen negative impacts. However, I just started coating several months ago. One thing I can say for sure is that it cuts back the amount of copper fouling left in the bore. I recently put 250 rounds through my rifle without cleaning, and saw no degradation of accuracy, and when I cleaned the rifle there was zero blue on the patch. I will have to say that I've noticed the first few shots out of a clean barrel are about 25-35fps faster than the average. I have observed this using a Magnetospeed chrono on several occasions. I guess that when you clean all of the coating out of your bbl, it takes a few shots to get it back in there. I can literally watch the shots get slower and slower until they finally settle down. I saw it today during load development. So, I guess I would say that if you use coated bullets, make sure you get about 3-5 rounds down the pipe before you take the shot that counts. Of course if you don't clean the bore, you'll be good to go.

 

[ZombieMonkey]

I see it as unnecessary and don't fool with it. There are those who claim that their barrels stay cleaner, longer, but I don't think it makes a major difference. I personally don't follow any crazy voodoo cleaning rituals like some will. Shoot it, when you're done clean the carbon out quickly, and don't worry about the copper until you see any degradation in accuracy (Maybe every 500 rounds or so I'll actually scrub the copper out).

 

[Blackbrush]

There is evidence of long term barrel corrosion in some instances. I avoid it now mainly because it adds one more variable to the process and I seem to be busy enough keeping it together. I'd give it another look if a significant number of competitors were winning with it but they're not.

 

[nuclear_shooter]

I see it as unnecessary and don't fool with it. There are those who claim that their barrels stay cleaner, longer, but I don't think it makes a major difference. I personally don't follow any crazy voodoo cleaning rituals like some will. Shoot it, when you're done clean the carbon out quickly, and don't worry about the copper until you see any degradation in accuracy (Maybe every 500 rounds or so I'll actually scrub the copper out).

+1 you can also chrono and when you see a large drop in velocity or large spike is SD, you know its time to pull out the copper.

There is evidence of long term barrel corrosion in some instances. I avoid it now mainly because it adds one more variable to the process and I seem to be busy enough keeping it together. I'd give it another look if a significant number of competitors were winning with it but they're not.

Indeed. Moly is hygroscopic and can trap moisture from the air in the barrel. HBN does not have this problem.