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Pulling Moly Coated Bullets
sst531
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I have a case of moly coated 280 remington ammo that I am reluctant to use in my stainless steel rifle. Would it be safe to pull the moly coated bullets, neck size the cases and reload with non-coated bullets of the same weight and configuration leaving the factory primer and powder charge intact?
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"I have a case of moly coated 280 remington ammo that I am reluctant to use in my stainless steel rifle."
I don't know why you are reluctant. Follow the appropriate seasoning procedures for using moly and then make sure that you clean it out when you're through shooting. You have to season the barrel each time in order to get the most from the moly but that's the price of using that product.
"Would it be safe to pull the moly coated bullets, neck size the cases and reload with non-coated bullets of the same weight and configuration leaving the factory primer and powder charge intact?"
Maybe but probably not. Moly is used to reduce friction which also lowers pressure from what is generated by a standard load. Moly loads are increased to get the velocity back up to where standard loads perform. So simply replacing the moly bullets with clean bullets could increase the pressure to an unacceptable level.
Given the details of working up a safe load, I'd suggest selling the moly if you don't want to shoot it and get the cartridges you do want to shoot and have done with it.
Best.