DanOH
03-21-2008, 01:34 PM
I wanted to try oven heat treating to compare with just water-dropping from my 320 grn lbt lfn 44 mold.
I have a garage sale deep fryer wire basket that seemed to be perfect for the task. I tried to stand the bullets up like "little tin soldiers" but it was like playing dominoes trying to line them up.
I ended up just letting some lay on their side/some standing up.
Heated them in the oven at 415 for one hour and quenched them.
After I dried them off the ones that were laying down had slight discoloration
where they contacted the wire. No dents or anything though.
I haven't had the chance to try them out yet. They are definately harder than before.
So does it really matter if they are standing up or laying down if the temp
is low enough for them not to deform? At about what temp would it make a difference ? (alloy is ww +1% tin)
thanks,
Dan
Great site by the way...fantastic resource for the newbie boolit caster or someone
like me who has just gottn the pot fired up again after years of shooting my stockpiled bullets.
I have a garage sale deep fryer wire basket that seemed to be perfect for the task. I tried to stand the bullets up like "little tin soldiers" but it was like playing dominoes trying to line them up.
I ended up just letting some lay on their side/some standing up.
Heated them in the oven at 415 for one hour and quenched them.
After I dried them off the ones that were laying down had slight discoloration
where they contacted the wire. No dents or anything though.
I haven't had the chance to try them out yet. They are definately harder than before.
So does it really matter if they are standing up or laying down if the temp
is low enough for them not to deform? At about what temp would it make a difference ? (alloy is ww +1% tin)
thanks,
Dan
Great site by the way...fantastic resource for the newbie boolit caster or someone
like me who has just gottn the pot fired up again after years of shooting my stockpiled bullets.