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 DIY copper plating 
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Anyone ever try this? I’ve been watching a few YouTube videos. Looks pretty straightforward.


Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:45 pm
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I have not tried it, but can guarantee you that powder coating is both easier and faster.


Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:56 pm
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There really is no reason to copper plate when you can powder coat and shoot those projectiles past 3kfps with no problems.

If you want harder you can hard cast lead or cast is zinc like I do.


Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:23 pm
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I was just wondering. Went down the YouTube rabbit hole and that popped up.


Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:34 pm
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vic_b wrote:
I was just wondering. Went down the YouTube rabbit hole and that popped up.


There was a time when it was probably worth trying, but IMO not since about 2013.

Commercial plated bullets are typically not capable of the same velocity that you can do with powder coating, but a lot of that is because of the soft lead core in plated bullets. If you were able to figure out an easy & fast plating process (like 300-500 bullets in 20 minutes), and plated hard or moderately hard cast bullets, it might be worth pursuing. But my understanding is the home plating processes are more like a handful of bullets over many hours.


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