Coloured bullets?

Sparks

Well, this seems new. From the net:

ARES Color-Coated Cast Bullets from Slovakia



ARES Puškárska Dielňa, a Slovakian bullet-maker, has come up with a new colorized bullet coating for cast lead bullets. This coating provides a surface barrier so that the lead does not contact the rifling in the barrel. In addition, no bullet lube is required and the colored coating reduces friction. As explained on the Wieder-Lader.de website, “Please take into consideration that ARES Colored Bullets are more quick than copper plated/FMJ bullets. If you used to [shoot] copper plated/FMJ bullets, please start reloading Colored Bullets (CB) with approx. 5% less powder and adjust the final quantity of powder on basis of your own speed measurements. CBs keep the barrel clean. CBs are ready for reloading, i.e. it is not necessary to grease CBs.”



In the photo below, a .40-caliber bullet is shown before and after firing (the bullet was recovered from the target). You can see that the fired bullet (labeled “after”) has been engraved by the rifling, but very little, if any, lead was exposed.



No this is not a hoax — no Photoshop tricks here. ARES offers a a full line of colored pistol and rifle bullets from .25 caliber up to .58 caliber. Ares even offers colored shotgun slugs. We haven’t seen ARES bullets in the USA yet, but they are sold throughout Europe by ARES Distributors.



Don’t Snack on ARES Bullets
Though ARES colored bullets do look like Jelly Beans, they are most definitely NOT to be eaten. We will still have to wait a while for snack bullets, such as BIO-Bullets, the vitamin-enriched “Incredible Edibles” unveiled in our 2010 April Fool’s Edition.



Moly-Polymer Coated Bullets in USA
Precision Bullets in Texas sells cast lead bullets coated with a proprietary moly-polymer matrix. With this special coating, the moly does not rub off like most moly-coated pistol bullets. The coating is tough enough to survive heat that will melt the lead core (See Photo).



This Editor has shot thousands of Precision Bullets’ coated bullets in my .45 ACP and .40SW pistols. These “Black Bullets” are extremely accurate and the leading in the barrel is dramatically reduced compared to normal cast lead bullets.

FISMA

Interesting, however, I would like to see what my barrel looks like after a hundred rounds.

I wonder what it looks like after impact with a mass. If the coating can prevent contamination or minimize it, just may be a good idea.

Had a friend shoot a deer once and another hunting party came down to lay claim to it - seriously. Imagine asking the others what color their bullet was and having the good fortune to find it in the target!:)

I would like mine in blaze orange.

Dusty87

Looks like Durex do bullets now

Tackleberrywho

a .40 Cal bullet looks almost the same after hitting timber or sand. (next time I fire a few down range I will take a few pics of them

We use FMJ's after all.

A coloured round "seriously" unless it improves accuracy, not bothered, Like the Durex box (coloured, for extra fun ):D

Mr.Flibble

Sparks wrote: »

Well, this seems new. From the net:

Not really (apart from the different colours). Look up "Nyclad" sometime.