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Mauser Rat · March 29, 2011, 03:42 AM

Hog Buster,

That's what surprised me most. Both of them had been cast from the SAME pot that night. I fluxed it a couple of times obviously but the alloy did not change! It was the same pot of 50/50 Lead/Linotype (which I should have stated in that first post) the entire time.

I don't understand it because it took the same amount of molten lead at the same temperature to fill the mold each time so the weights should be the same even if the dimensions changed! How could the air dropped weigh more than the quenched?

I guess the pot temp could have varied a little but........not much?

And I am getting ready to cast some 8mm stuff for the Yugo M48 and that is why I am playing with the quenching and heat treating (another night) to harden them up for the rifle.

March 29, 2011, 03:42 AM	#3
Mauser Rat Member Join Date: January 3, 2008 Location: Alaska and parts North Posts: 74	Hog Buster, That's what surprised me most. Both of them had been cast from the SAME pot that night. I fluxed it a couple of times obviously but the alloy did not change! It was the same pot of 50/50 Lead/Linotype (which I should have stated in that first post) the entire time. I don't understand it because it took the same amount of molten lead at the same temperature to fill the mold each time so the weights should be the same even if the dimensions changed! How could the air dropped weigh more than the quenched? I guess the pot temp could have varied a little but........not much? And I am getting ready to cast some 8mm stuff for the Yugo M48 and that is why I am playing with the quenching and heat treating (another night) to harden them up for the rifle.