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  1. 01-14-2018, 04:28 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by waco View Post
    He never said a couple of days. Reread his post. It was two weeks.
    A few days.......2 weeks.....same difference. I NEVER take reliable hardness tests on cast Pb alloys for at least a month. That way all the metallurgy has pretty much leveled out. Key is to not rush things!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhantomRider64 View Post
    This is all very good info.

    When I was casting the ingots I cast a few .454 balls to slug my guns with. The slugging went well and afterwards I tested those balls. They came in around 13 brinell.

    If all else fails I will PC.

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    13 bhn is harder than you need for 45 acp & 45 colt (depending on how fast you intend to push the colt)

    Easy way to hardness test and double check the Lee is using the pencil method

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check