Naked or Coated?

[Guest]

Getting ready to buy the 55 grain pills for my .243 but before I do I want to know what people in the know think about the naked variety vs. the lubalox covered variety.

What would you shoot?

 

[bailey1474]

If you plan on making many trips to prairie dog town I would say go with the coated. Anything to keep fouling down is a big plus when shooting hundreds of rounds in a few days.

I moly coat the naked 55 gr and shoot them out of my .243. Can shoot hundreds of rounds with no noticable degradation in accuracy.

 

[MOLDY]

I have considered many times coating my 223 rounds. For this summers loads I have decided to do it.

What brand of moly do you use?

 

[FOTIS]

Whatever your gun likes!

 

[bailey1474]

I What brand of moly do you use?

I use the midway moly. Just put your bullets in a tumbler used only for moly coating and turn it on. It is amazing how little of the stuff is required.

It's kinda messy but I'm a beleiver in its benefits.

 

[NOSLER]

The nice thing with Lubalox is that you can shoot the coated version and then switch to non coated no problems. It is always a good idea to clean your barrel, but you will notice that it isn't messy like moly.

 

[MOLDY]

Thanks for the info. I will have to give the Lubalox a try.

 

[444marlin]

I dont like any moly coating on bullets.

 

[mtshippy]

I've tryed Barnes VLC's in both my 243 & 22-250. Couldn't get anything that even resembeled a group. Both guns will drive tacks when not shooting moly bullets. I gave up on them but I know a few guys that shoot them in 22-250's & 220 swifts w/ 26" barrels & they swear by them. Both that I tryed them with had 24" poles. Don't know if that would be the difference or not. After 1 1/2 lbs. of powder I was done trying. Good Luck!