Just wondering, how do you guys that use HBN apply it to your bullets?

[koger]

I clean my bullets off with acetone, to remove any swagging lube, then tumble them in a vibrating tumbler, with a small amount of steel shot, and dry HBN. It comes out with a very thin coat, would like a thicker one, but have had no issues at all, and accuracy is improved in all the guns I have tried, some of them very much. Just wondering how you guys do it. All feedback appreciated..

 

[NZ_Fclass]

I did some test runs using a 1/4 pint plastic wide necked pill bottle, in my tumbler. I used decorative glass beads, about 1/5 of the volume with 25 223 69g bullets and a flat 1/3 teaspoon of HBN. Coated well enough in 30 minutes.

Cant comment on accuracy as I didn't do any load development - thats for another day.

 

[6bra1k]

yes..you do not want a thick heavy coat
polish in an old athletic sock to remove loose dust

 

[FeMan]

I vibrate in medicine bottles using a mix of shot and buff them when finished. I agree that a heavy coat is probably not what you want.

 

[rancher5]

Just pick up a kit from "Tubb" Superior Shooting Supply, No oils on Bullet, some come clean and dry, Fill bottle 2/3 full of bullets about [200} 6mm < [put a small teaspoon of HBN and vibrate in a Tumbler for 2 hours,I use a Franklin vibratory cleaner or a little Lyman , makes a heck of a racket stick a coat on it.
Thats it you can mix and match bullets . works great.

 

[rijndael]

I use a Lyman tumbler bowl, a bunch of copper BBs, and a pinch of hbn. I tumble for a few hours. I clean the bullets with denatured alcohol beforehand.

 

[Clancy]

I’ve never used it? Good stuff?

I used to moly coat for myself and several friends. I had dedicated tumblers and used 6 shot steel. Sunshine was my friend.

Seems like the HBN is the same deal?

 

[koger]

Thanks for all the reply's guys, I think I need to tumble mine longer, had been doing it for about 45 minutes, other than that I probably dont need to change anything. I had forgot to mention that i rolled them around in an old sock to get excess off of the bullets. Clancy I used to also tumble Moly, an Danzac, but am transitioning to the HBN. One rifle I built, a heavy barrel Kreiger on a Savage 110, in a boyds stock in 6.5x55 Swede, started off with the HBN on a virgin barrel, and it shot literally one hole groups with 123HPs and some 140BTHP match bullets. I mean you could shoot a 3 shot group, take a bullet out of the box, and the bullet would hang in the hole. I later cleaned the barrel, and shot some naked and Moly coated match bullets, barrel was still a screamer but shot the same bullets in HBN with less lateral dispersion. Had the same results with a couple of other guns/calibers. Also the first shot lands in the same place as the last one, or so it seems.

 

[46and2]

I have absolutely no idea why people think there is any reason to use media in the bottle.

I put 100 bullets in the bottle with HBN. Vibratory tumble for 38 min. Done. Bullet to bullet impact is very efficient.

 

[Pheasanthunter]

I clean my bullets off with acetone, to remove any swagging lube, then tumble them in a vibrating tumbler, with a small amount of steel shot, and dry HBN. It comes out with a very thin coat, would like a thicker one, but have had no issues at all, and accuracy is improved in all the guns I have tried, some of them very much. Just wondering how you guys do it. All feedback appreciated..

I clean bullets in fine dry media In vibrating tumbler for about 10 minutes. Then I take an empty 1lb. Powder bottle and fill about halfway with bullets and add hbn. Tumble in thumblers tumbler which will hold 2 bottles for a hour or so remove and slide polish with a old towel or t shirt till no white spots. Easier to pour into box then picking those slick things up.

 

[group therapy]

Thanks for all the reply's guys, I think I need to tumble mine longer, had been doing it for about 45 minutes, other than that I probably dont need to change anything. I had forgot to mention that i rolled them around in an old sock to get excess off of the bullets. Clancy I used to also tumble Moly, an Danzac, but am transitioning to the HBN. One rifle I built, a heavy barrel Kreiger on a Savage 110, in a boyds stock in 6.5x55 Swede, started off with the HBN on a virgin barrel, and it shot literally one hole groups with 123HPs and some 140BTHP match bullets. I mean you could shoot a 3 shot group, take a bullet out of the box, and the bullet would hang in the hole. I later cleaned the barrel, and shot some naked and Moly coated match bullets, barrel was still a screamer but shot the same bullets in HBN with less lateral dispersion. Had the same results with a couple of other guns/calibers. Also the first shot lands in the same place as the last one, or so it seems.

I take a big pill bottle, fill it a fourth of the way full with bb's, add plenty of bullets and a little hbn, tumble for about 2 hours (vibratory tumbler), dump on a dedicated towel, for this purpose, wipe pretty good to get the excess off, put in a container with gloved hand. I use the bb's to "peen" the hbn onto the surface of the bullet. clean with alcohol first to get rid of any contaminant. you don't want a thick coating, just a microfine coating. also, DONT get the nano size hbn, not good stuff for your body and don't get the big particles, not good for your barrel. I think its the 1/2 micron size you want. this is just my .02, good luck sir