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    Quote Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem View Post
    Been doing a little bit of work to try and powder coat bullets without making them look silly
    I shoot vintage rifles for the most part and there’s something about red and blue or any other colour that doesn’t sit well with me
    So I bought some eastwood cast aluminium powder to try and I think they are almost invisible from a distance
    It coats nice but you can’t tell when putting it on lol
    More obvious once cooked Attachment 234656
    Attachment 234657Attachment 234658 coated left uncoated right
    Oh sure that's fine for those little lumps of lead you throw around.
    But the big bright ones go faster and are easier to see in flight !

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    They get there faster because they start out closer to the target
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