Sure Shot Mc Gee
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Annealing cast lead bullets in such a manor so's to create a bullet nose with less BHN than its body.
Anyone else heard of this technique?
Anyone else heard of this technique?
I doubt if it is possible. Assuming that a person harded a bullet by heat treat (bake and then quench), and then sought to soften the nose of the bullet by heating with some kind of a torch, the heat would conduct down the bullet and the whole bullet would be softened. If he applied heat to the nose (to anneal), and then quenched, the nose would become hard again...nothing gained.Annealing cast lead bullets in such a manor so's to create a bullet nose with less BHN than its body. Anyone else heard of this technique?
What is the point...muzzle loaders have traditionally just used pure lead (soft lead). Why are you using heat treatable lead in a muzzle loader? What I think the original poster was talking about was modern bottleneck cartridges.I do just this with the bullets I use in my ML.