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    Lead Hardness

    How long after casting a boolit before you get a true hardness reading off a boolit? Reason for asking. I mixed some range lead and lino and a batch of WWs and lino. I had some boolits cast from both alloys without the lino and check both after casting the ones with lino were softer but were cast today the others have been cast for awhile so there has to be somekind of time to (cure) for lack of better words. Some of you old time pros may think this is a easy ? but for a guy new to mixing alloys its kind of confussing. What I would like to do is make a batch of alloy up for a certain hardness and label it for later.
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    Air cooled or water dropped?
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    Air cooled
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    2 weeks to age harden.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check