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Rangefinder · March 14, 2011, 12:53 PM

My mosin and AK both prefer a quenched WW alloy. I keep seeing threads about AK's and SKS's with gas pistons locked up darn-near from so much leading---mine is always as clean as if I were feeding it jacketed. My .40S&W doesn't seem to really care one way or the other--it's always clean too--I started quenching those actually by accident when I was casting a bunch of rifle boolits, then switched molds and started dropping them in the water bucket out of repetition. Then thought "well, why not--we'll see how they run. Everything else is AC and runs like a champ.

You'd have difficulty convincing me to NOT water drop for my AK. Everything else is open for discussion.

Just my .02 from experience with lots of rounds down-range and shiny bores. The only thing that has ever really given me fits was my .32 Win Spc. But that was a size issue. Once I lapped out the mold and sizer to get a good seal, it ran perfect with even very soft hunting boolits.

March 14, 2011, 12:53 PM	#4
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	My mosin and AK both prefer a quenched WW alloy. I keep seeing threads about AK's and SKS's with gas pistons locked up darn-near from so much leading---mine is always as clean as if I were feeding it jacketed. My .40S&W doesn't seem to really care one way or the other--it's always clean too--I started quenching those actually by accident when I was casting a bunch of rifle boolits, then switched molds and started dropping them in the water bucket out of repetition. Then thought "well, why not--we'll see how they run. Everything else is AC and runs like a champ. You'd have difficulty convincing me to NOT water drop for my AK. Everything else is open for discussion. Just my .02 from experience with lots of rounds down-range and shiny bores. The only thing that has ever really given me fits was my .32 Win Spc. But that was a size issue. Once I lapped out the mold and sizer to get a good seal, it ran perfect with even very soft hunting boolits. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.