What does "moly" mean
 

This may be a stupid question but I was curious.

I was looking at some bullets and there was the 55gr nosler bt and the 55 gr nosler bt moly

Sorry if this really is that dumb but I don't know

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2)....... a superbly slick dry lubricant in the same category as powdered graphite, but with a lot lower coefficient of friction.....

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

Do you think it makes difference if the bullet is moly coated or not? does it help it or hurt it. Why would i want them coated?

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

okie...wish i knew where i read it...theres been great debates over pros and cons of shooting moly coated bullets...cant even remember what was said...do some googling...you should come across some reading on it...

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

[blockquote]Moly is a grefite lube....I have seen no benifit in them myself
and it is a bitch to clean out of your barrel..Harde than getting
the brass out even..I would not advise anyone to use them..
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RE: What does "moly" mean
 

I myself have went down the moly yellow brick road, and made up my mind, I won't do it again. Several years ago, it seemed like a great idea.Its messy to moly your bullets, it helps some on cold bore shots, but is hydroscopic. And to get the real benefit, one has to keep thier barrel moly'd, and not clean it out.

Bare bullets for me.

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

One reason I asked; When I got my rifle 9 yrs ago, i bought it from a shop where the pro swore by it. Being young and dumb, I said sure, ill shoot them. I bought it NIB and have only shot moly coated bullets in it ever since. Now, thats only about 200 rounds, but Ive never used a bore brush either w/ the intent on getting it out.

So I was just wondering if I was screwing up doing this and I should get it out b4 its too late, or since its what ive done from the start, its okay to continue. Id too like to know b4 i start handloading the 3-400 brass Ive acquired.

I recently asked this same guy to help me start the loading process and was asking about doing the moly coat....the process he described sounded messy as he!!.

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

There's no reason to even mess with moly unless you have an absolute need to shoot 100 or more rounds in a row without fouling the barrel with copper. Its a whole lot of screwing around for very little benefit, worse still, the stuff will wreck your rifle bore if you live in a humid environment and don't scrub the stuff out carefully as soon as you are done shooting.

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

I'm curious how you think this stuff will wreck your barrel in a humid environment. I'm not for or against the use of moly as a bullet coating, but I am an Aircraft Electrical/Environmental Technician for the Air Force, and we use moly on every plane in our inventory for it properties as a lubricant and the fact that it is not corrosive.

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The big drawback of moly is the fact that it is very hard to get out of your barrel and moisture can get between the barrel and the moly

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If you plan to moly coat your self, keep in mind that moly is nearly impossible to clean off of any surface. If you get it on your clothes, work bench, garage floor ect..... it will be there forever.

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

The only stuff I have found to get most of the moly out is Kroil
oil and a hell of a lot of elbow grease..Like I mentioned,I have
seen no benifit in the moly bullets...I have friends that tried them
in thier rifles while shooting for the Marines rifle team. They no
longer use them either..So this speaks for it's self....

RE: What does "moly" mean
 

Yours is an excellent question! To which I would reply, "yes and no"! The coating will often permit a reloader to achieve higher velocities with lower pressures than if using a plain, uncoated bullet. On the other hand, IN SOME BARRELS, the coating material has built up, and caused a loss of accuracy. In such barrels, the coating material is also the very devil to get out so the barrel can be restored to original condition.

The only experience I have personally had with coated bullets was with cast bullets using a paint-on lubricant containing MoS2 that dried on the bullet after you painted it on. (Master Lube or something like that.) The stuff degraded the accuracy of my Ruger No. 3 .30/40 Krag, and it took a real effort to scrubit all out of the bore and finally restore the gun's accuracy. The gun shot poorly for about a year, but is now back to normal. It also affected the accuracy of jacketed bullet loads Ifired in the gun after shooting the cast bullets. But, for some reason, the stuff worked real well when painted on Minie balls and other conicals fired in rifle muzzleloaderswith black powder.The stuff I used contained MoS2. I believe Lee makes a paint-on lube that works pretty much the same way, but is alox-based rather than containing MoS2. There is also the blue stuff on some of the Barnes X bullets. I don't know what that stuff is.