Questions about moly-coated bullets

[GeorgeCook]

The context of these questions has to do with USPSA competition shooting.

Those who have experience with this bullet, what did you think of the performance? Did the round tend to shoot "softer" for you? Other than the price advantage over jacketed and FMJ varieties, do you see any other advantage to using this type of bullet for competition?

BTW, I will be using this bullet in a Glock. I have read mixed reviews on using them with the stock barrel so any insight there would be great.

Thanks!
George

[ellis4538]

Don't have any experience with moly coated bullets but Glock advises against using lead bullets in their guns...moly or not!  Some will say they do it without any problems but I do not want to try it to see.

FWIW


Richard

PS:  Also FWIW, in my experience a lead 200 gr. bullet shoots the same as a 200 gr. jacketed bullet to me.  It seems that the powder being used is more important.

[alfsauve]

Only problem is Richard, the interior ballistics are different between jacketed and lead bullets.   Jacketed bullets have a higher coefficient of friction than lead ones.   Hence a different powder charge is needed to over come the higher frictional force (Ff).  A different powder charge means that there will likely be a difference in the recoil and firing characteristics of the gun between the two bullets.  Maybe not enough to be felt in some instances. 

[MikeBjerum]

The only thing I shoot in my open gun is moly swc.  They work great, and have never given me any problems.  I also shoot them in my 1911 from time to time.

I'm shooting a .45 acp, I use 155 gr., and I push them really really hard!  They are accurate, and I am not getting much lead build up in the compensator.

Felt recoil is more about speed, bullet weight, and how fast a powder burns.  The lead, moly coated, or jacketed will make very little difference if all other things remain the same.

[tombogan03884]

I would not shoot them in a Glock.
I don't know, or care, why they say no lead bullets, but it would be dumb to ignore the manufacturers warning.

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[PegLeg45]

I would not shoot them in a Glock.
I don't know, or care, why they say no lead bullets, but it would be dumb to ignore the manufacturers warning.

Well, I'll tell ya anyway........  (it is what we do here)     

Because of the hex-type rifling.......change out to a Bar-Sto or Lone Wolf barrel and sling lead.   

[tombogan03884]

Well, I'll tell ya anyway........  (it is what we do here)     

Because of the hex-type rifling.......change out to a Bar-Sto or Lone Wolf barrel and sling lead.   

I don't have a Glock.
That's why I said I didn't care.   

[Timothy]

I don't have a Glock.
That's why I said I didn't care.   

Benny has said in the past that he's slung lead regularly from his Glocks with no problems what so ever...a man that I take at his word regarding pretty much anything gun related!

[GeorgeCook]

I would not shoot them in a Glock.
I don't know, or care, why they say no lead bullets, but it would be dumb to ignore the manufacturers warning.

Since this is a competition pistol, which I run hard regularly, I'm not as concerned about what Glock said about the barrel. All else being equal though, I tend agree with you.