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  1. 02-24-2020, 05:14 PM #61
    Dapaki
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    One thing to mention is that when towel dropping and keeping 'warm' boolits in a pile, they will not end up with the same hardness with the same lot of lead. Think of the saw dust cooling method and how soft lead becomes. Towel drop and leave them in a pile and they also get pretty soft. Let that entire pile fully cool and test their hardness and you will probably fine the hardness is all over the place.
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  2. 02-24-2020, 05:19 PM #62
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    I've been water-dropping since the early 80s. My mentor was a lead shop foreman at a copper mine. I learned a little bit about mixing alloys and where to place a water bucket when dropping.
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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