I have tried quenching before with zero results but at that time the alloy was unknown so it was to be expected. Today I tried it with known wheel weights. I am the one that smelted the weights so I know what I have. Casting temp was 700 for one batch and 750 for the ones in the aluminum mold. Water was right out of the ground cold. Bullets were dropped from the mold directly into the water and they did hiss when they hit. BHN air cooled is 13 BHN and water quenched is........................... 13 BHN. So where in this process did I go wrong? I am tempted to pour some molten lead into the water and then test the stuff that results to see what that reads! I seriously doubt I need to cast any hotter. Let me rephrase that, I am NOT going to cast any hotter since I am already waiting on the mold to solidify before I can even open it.