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May 25th, 2003, 04:50 PM
Mystery
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From: OZ
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posted 04-06-2001 10:28 AM
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I have been trying to find out how to copper coat lead bullets, copper sulfate will coat ordinary steel but it won't coat lead.
Could some one please fill me in on how they do it.
HMTD Factory
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posted 04-06-2001 12:52 PM
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Electroplate the lead...
Use copper sulphate as electrolyte.
A copper plate as the cathode, with lead bullets sitting top.
Another copper plate as the anode.
Hook it up with a battery.
Why would you want to plate lead bullets?
Electroplated copper jacket has virtually little or no effect on the bullet, pretty much like "copper jacketed" .22LRs'.
jin
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Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-06-2001 01:25 PM
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you would use copper pipeing in a die its called swaging.
www.corbins.com/topics.htm
Mystery
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posted 04-07-2001 08:49 AM
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Thanks for that "Factory".
And you asked why I would want to plate lead bullets, well, the perpose of plating bullets is to eliminate the need for lubrication, if you fire an unlubricate bullet you coat your bore with lead (Very dangerous, By copper coating bullets you get more fps.
New Member
Posts: 24
From: OZ
Registered: MAR 2001
posted 04-06-2001 10:28 AM
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I have been trying to find out how to copper coat lead bullets, copper sulfate will coat ordinary steel but it won't coat lead.
Could some one please fill me in on how they do it.
HMTD Factory
Frequent Poster
Posts: 225
From:
Registered: FEB 2001
posted 04-06-2001 12:52 PM
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Electroplate the lead...
Use copper sulphate as electrolyte.
A copper plate as the cathode, with lead bullets sitting top.
Another copper plate as the anode.
Hook it up with a battery.
Why would you want to plate lead bullets?
Electroplated copper jacket has virtually little or no effect on the bullet, pretty much like "copper jacketed" .22LRs'.
jin
Frequent Poster
Posts: 111
From: uk
Registered: SEP 2000
posted 04-06-2001 01:25 PM
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you would use copper pipeing in a die its called swaging.
www.corbins.com/topics.htm
Mystery
New Member
Posts: 24
From: OZ
Registered: MAR 2001
posted 04-07-2001 08:49 AM
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Thanks for that "Factory".
And you asked why I would want to plate lead bullets, well, the perpose of plating bullets is to eliminate the need for lubrication, if you fire an unlubricate bullet you coat your bore with lead (Very dangerous, By copper coating bullets you get more fps.