Grice is a small place in Pennsylvania. They commissioned this caliber back some years ago. I was told I bought the last one. But might be worth a call to be sure.Does Ruger still make the American in .358 Win? That would be an inexpensive and appealing option for me.
I posted this awhile back on the other side of the street:
It sort of gives a look at what I have experienced with PC coating and Soft alloy over the past few years I worked with it:
Not sure if it is pertinent here but I think it fits:
I do Not Know how many of you guys ever did the egg experiment where you soak a raw egg in vinegar for a few days.
When the shell desolves, you are left with a tough rubber like coating that covers the raw ( soft) egg inside.
Now you can drop that shell-less egg on a had surface and it bounces. That protective skin is pretty tough!
Fling it against a wall and it explodes!
Now let us take a 10 BHN alloy bullet and coat it with a PC skin which some say comes in at 32 BHN! That skin is similar to what is around that egg!
It does real well going down the rifling but at impact the 10 BHN alloy takes over!
So do you see the true usefulness of PC coating now?
It is an amazing gift to all of us
This was an excellent and very useful thread.Well I missed this thread, think I was traveling at the time.. really like reading the posts here, especially Jim’s comparison of PC and the egg .
@Snakeoil ; if you will, you could post some photos of the bullets, and some measurements. Someone might be able to give some advice regarding load data. Getting the best performance with coated bullets is a little different in some respects.
Thank you, Sir! My first venture into that rabbit-hole, and thanks to @CWLONGSHOT , the first try was a success.@Jeff H , those were some really nicely coated bullets! Looking forward to hearing more about your .357mag project!
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but this time a "can" is involved.
I guess PC has done for us chemically what paper patching has always been doing..