Moly coated bullets- Good/Bad

[Maddawg46]

Bought a bunch of moly coated lead bullets the other day in .45, .38. I hear all this stuff about how you can't get it out of your barrel. I use Lewis lead removers in my lead barrels, so what's the deal? Years ago I never heard bad things about moly. Now it seems like if you use them you may go straight to Hell!

[joelogic]

A lot of voodoo talk over at the hide about moly rifle bullets.

For pistol all I know is you have to wear gloves while loading because the moly gets all over your fingers. I am a notorious non cleaner so I stick with plated.

[Revoman]

Depends on if they area coated or cast into the lead on how dirty they are. I use Bear Creek with not much issue with dirt as they are cast with the moly in the mix somehow.

Shot a lot of moly bullets in handgun calibers without issue. Never tried rifle. I do not clean my barrel anyway.

[M27]

I have shot 1000's of bear creek through my 1911. No problems cleaning. I use Montana extreme bore solvent and it has always cleaned out. If it is a little stubborn just coat it with solvent and let it sit for 5 minutes while you clean the rest of your firearm.

[EscalonShooter]

I agree with M27...I have shot thousands of Bear Creek bullets in both .45acp and 9mm....Never had a problem with the Moly coating....I have even done some of my own casting and use a moly coating for the bullet lube.....

[Southpaw45]

Another big user of Bear Creek moly bullets here. I use about 4 to 5 thousand a year for my .45Colt loads that I use for C.A.S shooting. No barrel leading what so ever so you can loose that lead remover too as long as your using the properly sized bullet for your barrel. I have never scrubbed lead from my bores from the rifle and pistols in 9 years! My only gripe with the moly is the three black fingers you get feeding the loader....

[Bill Steele]

I have shot the Bear Creek bullets in most of my handguns at one time or another and in a few cases the moly is still there. I think maybe the reason it seems so stubborn is I never have to aggresively clean the lead out, as I never had any leading with the BC's. I cannot tell the difference between a barrel I had shot with moly previously and still has some in the bore and one that never had moly shot out of it.

In rifle, I have not shot any moly bullets, but again I consider a faster barrel a good thing and moly coated lands has to make it faster, right? But what do I know, I can't get my gold plated BR2's to settle down with all that 4064 I own, no matter what I do. It is very frustrating to have $20/K primers work great and $64/K primers not...

PS - As a gun owner you're going to hell anyway, so just shoot them.

[Maddawg46]

Near creek is what I bought. Guess I'll just reload and go to Hell.

[sixgunner]

No Bullet is cast with Moly in it. Moly is put on after the bullet is cast and sized. Moly is your friend. Bear Creek is fine company and makes a great product. I cast and Molly coat all of my bullets.

[M27]

I don't mean to thread jack but I feel it goes with this conversation how are bear creek bullets in 9mm glocks. I have shot them in 1911's and was contemplating getting some in 9mm too.

[Bill Steele]

I don't mean to thread jack but I feel it goes with this conversation how are bear creek bullets in 9mm glocks. I have shot them in 1911's and was contemplating getting some in 9mm too.

I have/do shoot lead in all my Glocks. I have never gotten bad leading in any round I have loaded. Identically to my conventionally rifled handguns, some of my Glocks produce a little leading, some very little (also most non-existent.)

The only gun I have ever had heavy leading in was my Model 29, when I tried shooting some undersized non-GC bullets at magnum velocities, that was ugly.

As far as BC moly, I would not hesitate to load them for a Glock. I personally don't load them anymore, but that is more a cleanliness thing than a performance thing.

I honestly don't understand the no lead Glock thing, I have never seen any real life problems with it.

Good luck, have fun.

[Southpaw45]

I don't mean to thread jack but I feel it goes with this conversation how are bear creek bullets in 9mm glocks. I have shot them in 1911's and was contemplating getting some in 9mm too.

No problem what so ever. I feed my Glock 22 and 30 a steady diet of Bear Creek molys without ever running into a leading problem with stock Glock barrels..

[CalTeacher]

Many USPSA shooters, myself included, shoot tens of thousands of Bear Creek bullets through our Glocks every year. They'll leave your fingers very dirty, but your barrel will likely be very clean.