ilcop22
06-25-2012, 01:04 AM
'Evening,
Years ago, before I got into casting, I purchased 500 Lee TL452-230-2R cast "lubed" boolits from feebay. Long story short, after many changes in the load and how they were loaded, the boolits still lead up the bore and are very inaccurate, despite trying different powders and velocities. Last assumption - in hindsight what should have been my first assumption for unknown boolits - was that they're too soft. Sure enough, they measured close to stick on WW. My question then is, is it possible to heat treat boolits for additional hardness, or would I be better off just melting them and mixing them into a different alloy?
Years ago, before I got into casting, I purchased 500 Lee TL452-230-2R cast "lubed" boolits from feebay. Long story short, after many changes in the load and how they were loaded, the boolits still lead up the bore and are very inaccurate, despite trying different powders and velocities. Last assumption - in hindsight what should have been my first assumption for unknown boolits - was that they're too soft. Sure enough, they measured close to stick on WW. My question then is, is it possible to heat treat boolits for additional hardness, or would I be better off just melting them and mixing them into a different alloy?