Wolfdog91
09-21-2022, 07:50 PM
Decided to mess around with see what I could do with my current alloy. Quenching after casting and PC gives me 19-20 bhn. Needed that for my last project but since it's shelved right now dont really need it. Actually need something more .... pliable. Some more expansion. Because really these 20 bhn GC PC lil lee .225's might as well be FMJ . Just zip though everything.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/10520056e3e585bb719c2ace9c4b0bbb.jpg
Well air cooled this batch after power coating for 30min and I see there 15bhn. Awsome ! Apparently that's a good harness.... Well apparently not with small boolits lol. Excuse to poor power coat job it's been a while and I'm a tad bit rusty.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/a13bf6f95e616129700ae48b81e7ce9e.jpg
Anyhow 30yd three new 1gal water , basically a foot and some change of water. Boolits sould about be running 1300fps tops I thinks with this load. And yeah.... You can see what good all that did lol
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/7025c447ed1d02e46c7a3401df04b324.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/a60a207cd3b657cafd0fa9cf628c4b02.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/501e4ce9ab3757cafe35f86ee12fb76f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/db5da50de30fa2eb75b6d236d8c3c993.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/6e9fe66a4c2c85e48b77e9324c46addd.jpg
Then I tried a five gallon bucket of wet news paper and cardboard at the same distance and it zipped though that.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/5a963e2938c83adc990efc9abc1a74cd.jpg
Went right though that then finally since all the things where still half full I decided to shoot though the bottom 1/3's of them with the bucket or cardboard behind it aannd .. yeah no
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/46884308943f44c30c2c457d0a1f299c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/9999a04a442d943eed513de6050fda23.jpg
Sooo yeah apparently small meplats + any semi hard alloy = FMJ abilities lol ! Been told by many this same alloy at this hardness is amazing in larger boolits as far as expansion, but apparently not on those little .225's This however has me curious as to what could happen with a HP version of this bullet... Because I know people have complained about how with soft alloy having the noses basically ripped if in the .30 cals but could it be different with the .22cals ? Makes me wonder.
Anyhow reckon I'll be ordering some pure from rotor metals along with some other ingredients to mix up some custom stuff. Eventually lol
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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/10520056e3e585bb719c2ace9c4b0bbb.jpg
Well air cooled this batch after power coating for 30min and I see there 15bhn. Awsome ! Apparently that's a good harness.... Well apparently not with small boolits lol. Excuse to poor power coat job it's been a while and I'm a tad bit rusty.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/a13bf6f95e616129700ae48b81e7ce9e.jpg
Anyhow 30yd three new 1gal water , basically a foot and some change of water. Boolits sould about be running 1300fps tops I thinks with this load. And yeah.... You can see what good all that did lol
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/7025c447ed1d02e46c7a3401df04b324.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/a60a207cd3b657cafd0fa9cf628c4b02.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/501e4ce9ab3757cafe35f86ee12fb76f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/db5da50de30fa2eb75b6d236d8c3c993.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/6e9fe66a4c2c85e48b77e9324c46addd.jpg
Then I tried a five gallon bucket of wet news paper and cardboard at the same distance and it zipped though that.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/5a963e2938c83adc990efc9abc1a74cd.jpg
Went right though that then finally since all the things where still half full I decided to shoot though the bottom 1/3's of them with the bucket or cardboard behind it aannd .. yeah no
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/46884308943f44c30c2c457d0a1f299c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220921/9999a04a442d943eed513de6050fda23.jpg
Sooo yeah apparently small meplats + any semi hard alloy = FMJ abilities lol ! Been told by many this same alloy at this hardness is amazing in larger boolits as far as expansion, but apparently not on those little .225's This however has me curious as to what could happen with a HP version of this bullet... Because I know people have complained about how with soft alloy having the noses basically ripped if in the .30 cals but could it be different with the .22cals ? Makes me wonder.
Anyhow reckon I'll be ordering some pure from rotor metals along with some other ingredients to mix up some custom stuff. Eventually lol
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