My first hardness tester reveals...
My first use of any type of hardness tester revealled that my WQ'd range scrap is 20-25 BHN. I was expecting to get readings in the 12-14 range, so I'm a little surprised. I collect about a 50/50 mix of naked lead and jacketed stuff, so I was figurin' that the hardness would be lower. I've been casting this scrap for a year and I've never dropped AC'd boolits.... yet.
The big-brown truck delivered my Lee tester today, and I tested three different batches for readings of 20, 24 and 25. Does this sound about right to you veterans?