I started my project rifle during 2021. I was collecting parts and making a sighting system for my rifle. The parts i gathered were as if I was finding them from along the original Oregon trail.
So I found some lead at the neighbors trash pile. Unfortunately I used that first. It was probably soft lead.
I even made several bullet molds. That is a easy test to fail. I just tested bullets from those molds. The lead in all those bullets are too hard for shooting in BPCR rifles.
A year ago I did buy a Paul Jones mold. That greatly improved my shooting score. Like 180 percent. But the bullets I have cast in that mold are all too hard according to using the pencil test.
So I have failed the lead test. As in having a correct hardness of lead to begin with.
And I admit it
I flunked the test
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Re: I flunked the test
Store bought or at least known and trusted alloy save a lot of time and frustration.
Bryan
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Re: I flunked the test
If your scores improved 180%, maybe it's the right hardness!