Broken boolits

[n10sivern]

Anybody ever had cast bullets break? When I got done casting and was sorting out any rejects, I found a few bullets that had broken. All the breaks are in the hollow point area. I took a bullet and it smashed with a hammer and didn't break. Running 96.5 lead, 2.5 antimony, 1 tin. Is this just from getting in a hurry and dropping them too soon or a weak point from the hollow points?

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[DerekP Houston]

haha, I saw your post on the 'book. You've already solved this issue! Just let them cool a tad more before dumping out, they'll break when still hot.

[BK7saum]

+1. Dropped a bit too hot.

[bedbugbilly]

Look at it this way - if you get the technique down on how to repeat it with every drop, it'll save you from buying a mold for a really big flat nose . . . . .

[Tripplebeards]

Looks like my ignots that I dropped while too hot into water.

[Wayne Smith]

Both dropping to hot and with more antimony than tin. That causes some brittleness.

[Gee_Wizz01]

Try dropping them in a bucket of water.

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[Oklahoma Rebel]

I drop mine into about 2 inches of pine shavings/sawdust, works like a charm and I have my flux right there too!

[Wayne Smith]

From my experience, reverse the antimony and tin percentages, drop them too soon in wiater, and you get bananna shaped boolits!

[n10sivern]

Ha. I've experience the banana bullets. Unfortunately the lead I'm getting is 2.5% antimony. I'd rather not cut it down. Guess I'll have to add more tin and let it cool longer.

[Yodogsandman]

If you only had a few of them, you've done great! It's a juggling act to keep the HP pins hot enough to release easily and also waiting long enough for the alloy to "set" in the mold.

[Shiloh]

haha, I saw your post on the 'book. You've already solved this issue! Just let them cool a tad more before dumping out, they'll break when still hot.

Beat me to it.

Shiloh