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The bottom ingot was definitely a lot harder. It would scratch with a knife but not with a thumbnail. I'll try to test these volumetrically first against identical weights of known alloy to see what...

I checked out an estate sale in my neighborhood today that advertised tools, on the off chance I might find something useful like gardening pots. There were about five other guys in the garage...

I think I may have a few dozen of the Lee 8mm Max bullets. Alloy is two parts antimonial lead to one part 25:1 lead/tin alloy. I think I measured them at .328-.329. They should be around 11 BHN. Let...

I got interested in trying to heat treat my cast bullets after reading about heat treating at the LASC website: http://www.lasc.us/HeatTreat.htm

After I cast my last batch three months ago, I...

Thanks for the advice. I think we may still have some muriatic acid around from clearing our pipes out a few years ago. I cast a few more ingots today and definitely noticed some marks on the...

I'm getting ready to take the plunge into bullet casting, and was pulling out some ingots I melted down a few years ago. I noticed these dark spots on the surface of a number of my ingots, and was...

Does anyone know where I might be able to find more of Ranger Rick's 535 grain .452 bullets? I contacted Matt's Bullets and he said that he didn't receive any .452 molds from Rick. Is there anybody...