Moly coating
 

Howdy guy's Had a bud give me a bunch (and I mean a bunch) of reloading components yesterday brass,projectiles,primers .Got a bunch of 6mm,.224,.257,bullets most of them have been moly coated.Question is can I use these in my rifles without them becoming addicted to the stuff....LOL .I hear about moly coating all of the time but have never used anyPros ,?cons?thanks in advance ....Alton

I tried the moly thing a few years back. Messy to work with. After cleaning the guns it took about 20 rds or so to build up enough moly in the bore to get them shooting again unless previoulsy treating the bore with the moly bore prep. When cleaning the guns it took forever to get the moly out of the bore and had to use Kroil ( very smelly, unless your into that sort of thing). Not to mention that moly is hygroscopic and can suck moisture into the bore. I used to shoot the WW supremes with the lubalox coating in my 06 because I got about 10 boxes at $7 a box, I won't be going back to them either. Some guys really like the moly, some don't. Shoot em and see what you get.

If one is religious about prepreping a barrel, and consistently shoots moly and is diligent in working up a load (not according to manuals), then I can see a lot of plus's with moly. I went down this road from 2000-2002. I just didn't like the hassle. Also if you clean out a barrel back down to bare metal again, erratic performance may happen, and in fact if you built up a load that is on the edge of a hotrod, you can get pressure signs shooting in a bare barrel again.. Also, I had erratic performance after shooting 100 rounds or so. Lastly, its slightly hydroscopic.

A few real advantages I can see is true varmit shooters that pop off a bunch of rounds with some real barrel burners. I have seen 22-250's AI's with over 4000 rounds that was loaded full tilt and no huge throat errosion. Where I have seen 22-250AI with 1000 without moly with significant throat errosion.

I agree with BC, you really need to commit to using it and not switch back and forth. Personally I didn't care for it at all. We shoot a ton of pds and I suppose it benefits in barrel life but we just take along alot of guns and alternate alot. The moly was an experiment a few years ago and a messy one at that.

If you don't like the moly, it will tumble off pretty easy.

Nearly every shooter that I know was sucked up in the Moly experiment a few years ago, and now I don't know anyone that still uses it. It was a bad experience for most of us.

I've been using it since was first introduved, in all my rifles, hunting and benchrest...great stuff, my BORDEN built 6PPC has over 2'000 shots in it and still shoots the same as the day I got it, all my hunting rifles shoot X-bullets that are moly coated by myself, stopped about all the copper and the accuracy is amazing for -bullets//the barrels are supposed to be a little dirty, that's what seals the little pores, cracks, grooves and every other mark...I still don't see why everyone doesn't use it.. I have a 22/250 that has 6'000 rounds down it and it still puts them right in the dot...give it a try with an open mind and judge for yourself...

Throw them in the tumbler and it will come off

yep i tumble all of my bullet clean,moly is something the average shooter doesn't need.

You tumble your bullets?:confused:

Tried it in a 338.....wasn't worth the cleaning problems!!!!!
Dan

i dont mean to steal a thread but ive never heard of tumbling bullets. are there any advantages or dis advantages? is it just something you did to clean up a few bullets you picked up with moly?

Thanks guy's,Did not know that you could tumble the moly coat off.Looks like I will have alot of extra projectiles.Lot of flat base stuff in the mix.Usually more fond of boattails.Now on to weighing and measuring them 'cause they are just dumped into tupperware containers.While they are marked for brand and weight .I ain't taking any chances .Got to know what I will be fooling with for my own piece of mind. Looks like a lot of fairly old ones in the mix.

Moly = Modern day Snake Oil.

I refuse to shoot moly coated bullets in my rifles. I've heard far too many horror stories of how hard it is to remove the moly from the bores.

Also, I don't see ANY advantage to using moly in a hunting rifle because moly is said to attrack moisture, which is very bad for a bore!

DIXIE..don't believe everything you hear...the moly is supposed to stay in your barrel, that what fills in the little cracks and lines, that's the idea..yes, you can scrub forever and it's still a little black but that's the idea.... it's a filler and it goes between your barrel and the copper jacket.. I'll gladly look at dirty patches and have no copper in the barrel...