Lead melter
05-08-2009, 07:58 AM
I have a rig borrowed from another board member that is designed to allow oven heat treating/quenching of cast boolits. The rig is set up so that only a portion of the boolit body would be quenched and that portion is adjustable to the users desire.
My question is, if I cast some boolits of pure and then quench the body to keep the nose area soft, about what type result am I likely to get? As I understand it, the quenching creates a "shell" of harder alloy around the somewhat softer body, and this may let much softer alloys be run at somewhat higher velocities.
Just thinking aloud, or am I simply chasing the rabbit to its hole?
My question is, if I cast some boolits of pure and then quench the body to keep the nose area soft, about what type result am I likely to get? As I understand it, the quenching creates a "shell" of harder alloy around the somewhat softer body, and this may let much softer alloys be run at somewhat higher velocities.
Just thinking aloud, or am I simply chasing the rabbit to its hole?