Greetings; While coating some bullets with moly powder tonight, I found two things, first being that the applicator media the bullets are vibrated in once a small amount (1/4 teaspoon typically) of moly powder as been added to the ceramic vibrator media, enough to coat several hundred bullets. But I had lost or mislaid the instruction sheet so I went online and downloaded the latest version, which explained why I wasn't getting a very good coat on recent runs. It seems the process is poisoned by lead from the soft pointed bullets! This wasn't mentioned when I bought the original kit a decade back up the log, and several hundred assorted plastic nosed or lead nosed bullets have been in that tub.
Then, while researching the medical effects of inhaling the dust, which is sub 10 micron stuff, finding there aren't any recorded medical advisories other than don't do it, I came across this link: <http://www.lowerfriction.com/product- page.php?categoryID=1&gclid=CLKgiK2Em7ICFQTznAod8Q4AGw> For tungsten disulfide powder, very fine at .6 micron and supposedly even lower friction (COF=.03) than moly. $54 a pound. Samples available. Has anyone tried this as a dry lube? Or as an oil/grease additive? That COF=0.03 looks like a great way lube that wouldn't attract swarf like vactra does by the ton. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! If I'd known computer science was going to be like this, I'd never have given up being a rock 'n' roll star. -- G. Hirst ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
