wwillson Posted January 9, 2010 Report Posted January 9, 2010 I bought some .224 Hornady VMAX bullets today. I was surprised when I opened the package and saw that the bullets are in a plastic bag with what looks like graphite powder.Any idea what this powder is? Why is the powder in the bag?Wayne Quote
Arkie_Lefty Posted January 9, 2010 Report Posted January 9, 2010 On the box, the word "moly". There ya go.Bob Quote
RLH70 Posted January 9, 2010 Report Posted January 9, 2010 You didn't mention they were moly coated in the original post. I believe the powder is there to act as sort of a cushion to help keep the moly coating on the bullet.That second pic wasn't there when I made my post. Quote
JSharp Posted January 9, 2010 Report Posted January 9, 2010 Odd. Are you sure that isn't moly powder in the bag? I just bought some moly coated .224 75g's and they're loose in the box like the pic RHL70 posted. I usually coat my own but these were on sale cheap.The V-Max bullets are super accurate by the way... Quote
wwillson Posted January 9, 2010 Author Report Posted January 9, 2010 On the box, the word "moly". There ya go.Bob You would think that after being on BITOG for years, I would have noticed a word like Moly! Quote
wwillson Posted January 9, 2010 Author Report Posted January 9, 2010 From Hornady's website:Quote:Moly-coating reduces wear on your barrel and enhances velocity and accuracy.I wonder how much the moly coating really helps? Quote
JSharp Posted January 9, 2010 Report Posted January 9, 2010 I have one rifle that always has a good bit of copper in it when I clean it, no matter how little I shoot it.Shooting 100+ moly bullets through it will show less copper than shooting 10 or 20 bare bullets. Quote
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