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Posted: 10/29/2011 6:52:53 PM EDT
| I have been reloading on and off for the past 30 years. The last time I was serious about metallic reloading was say 10 or so years ago. I have been doing some shotgun both lead and steel reloading in the past few years. Well back then molly was the shit and every bullet out of your rifle should be molly coated. Well we were shooting ground squirrels and dogs right and left so I purchased a 223 Ruger model 77 mark II heavy barrel and proceeded to load Molly bullets. Well stuff happened i moved on to other things and I have 750 55 grain soft point rounds loaded that were coated with a spray molly coat. Well now I get back into reloading and find that Molly isn't all it was cracked up to be. So my question is what will I need to do to shot these 750 rounds and not mess up my barrel, or should I shoot them at all. Also my AR's do not like them at all. I get case separation and they will blow the bottom out of the mag the couple I shot. My Ruger has no problems with them but I worked up the load for the Ruger. |
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Seems you have a couple of choices. 1. Shoot them in your Ruger. No problem reported with that.
2. Continue blowing cases & magazines in your AR. NOT a good idea. VERY unsafe. Obviously not a viable option. 3. Don't shoot them & pull components for use in reloading other rounds with safe charge. If you are satisfied the Molly is harmful to your barrels, find a way to remove it & reuse projectiles. What are your ideas to resolve your issues? |
| I guess my question is what is the consensus on Molly. I know there safe to shoot in my Ruger and I will not be shooting them in an AR. I have read a lot of different things about Molly lately and I am not sure if it will effect my barrel and what will be the effects when I stop shooting them. |
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How would moly mess up your barrel?
The reason you are blowing cases/mags from your AR has nothing to do with the moly, and everything to do with your load is over pressure. You need to back off a couple of grains and work up. Moly reduces pressure, not increases it. |
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I'd keep shooting them in the Ruger until they are used up.
Clean frequently with Kroil to prevent excess moly buildup if your bore is rough, and keep the bore oiled between shooting sessions to prevent any chance of corrosion caused by the potential for embedded moly to attract moisture. You certainly won't cause any barrel damage simply by shooting them in that rifle, assuming that you take steps to prevent corrosion during long-term storage. Too many guys use moly all the time without any problems, to justify trying to clean the moly off the ones you already have. I don't know why your AR's exhibit pressure signs with those loads, but I doubt it has anything to do with the moly coating. They are probably simply loaded too hot for those rifles, moly or not. Just my speculation... |
| Yes I suspect they are to hot for my AR, I should have left that out of my post as it seams to cloud my question. The loads were worked up for my Ruger 10 years ago. A few years ago I purchased an AR and since I had all these 223 rounds I took a box to the range were I had problems and stopped shooting them. |
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