Water Quenching

[Bibletotingunslinger]

I'm sittin over here with more lead than 3 guys can carry and a bunch or round balls.
Contemplating this new 92 yall been trying to sell me...
So if I did buy said 92, and I did cast boowits, would my soft lead work,,if I dropped em in a 5 gal bucket of water right out of the mould?
How much does water quenching help?
I'm scared of lead, only way I can tell if its good for balls is cast some,
I mean the stuff I get looks like it been through www3. Nobody here parts with wheel weights as all them other places get em.

[Ohio3Wheels]

Water quenching only works to harden lead if there is a little antimony present in the alloy. Not sure the percentage. Thst said I do drop my softer boolits in a 5 gallon bucket as it cools them off and keeps them from hitting one another and getting deformed while they're still hot.

You'll get a little hardening if you use range lead and most roofing lead and the like has antimony. I've got a bunch of cable sheath lead that probably has it.

Make smoke,

[Ranch Dog]

Hey B...gunsliger. Why not cast round balls for that 45 Colt? They would make great bunny killers.

[Missionary]

Greetings
Soft lead will work nicely in a 45 Colt up to 1300 FPS. If you have a GC mold type 1400 fps can be reached loaded with 2400 or similar slower powder. Not to many critters walking about that can survive a good solid hit with a 250-300 grain cast bullet moving like that. I would not hesitate to pop any corn cruncher with that loading out to 100 yards. Remember BP cartridge lever rifles like the 45-60 did not really generate a lot more power and were well known a good thumpers out to 100-150 yards.
Mike in Peru