Blue 5.56 bullets?

[PaladinPrecision]

Has anyone powder coated 5.56 bullets blue? I decided to buy some "blue bullets" for 9mm to dedicate to my "inert"/ Dummy rounds for dry fire. Those that spent time in the military automatically equate blue to inert. I was just wondering if anyone had powdercoated them and possibly had extra I could buy from them for my three gun dummy rounds (getting close to real weight for reload practice while CLEARLY being able to tell they are practice rounds). For those that want to say get dummy rounds, I have hundreds of them, they just aren't the same weight as live rounds and there is a difference.

[RangerTrace]

That may mean inert in some training applications, but obviously these days, there are many people shooting blue bullets in matches.

[StratRider]

A Blue Sharpie used on the projectile and the case itself will accomplish your goal.

[10X]

2 minutes ago, StratRider said:

A Blue Sharpie used on the projectile and the case itself will accomplish your goal.

 

And coloring the case will do a lot more to differentiate the round than would just a plated blue bullet.  As already noted, blue plated bullets turn up in a lot of live rounds.

[practical_man]

I drill a couple holes thru the brass on my dummy rounds. Less likely to make a mistake that way. YMMV