I found this video interesting.
I've been air cooling bullets. I thought about water dropping them. Since I plan on hunting with them. I am not going to.
The softer bullet won't fracture. So it will expand more readily. My hunting revolves around what's available in the Midwest. So extreme penetration isn't necessary.In a hunting situation how do you belive it hurts either you either way.
I started water dropping my cast so I could size them immediately. I tried to size the same alloy air cooled and wrecked a bunch of them. If you shoot in the same month as you cast water dropped is better imo. If your building piles and have time to let them age then air cooled is fine. Interestingly sizing softens the bullet.
Your definitely in the made by the pile clubI don’t allow water near molten lead and I don’t cast by hand, so all of mine are air cooled.
Thanks I'll look into it.If you can get a copy of Veral Smith's book "Jacketed Performance with Cast Bullets" it explains the why and what of water dropping bullets. Very good reference book too.
Also The Fouling Shot number 144 April of 2000 has a good article.
That's a sound method. If I decide to water drop. I'm using it.I would take a five gallon metal bucket ( unfortunately the new plastic ones had not come along when started) towel in the bottom and old tea shirt with a hole cut about 3 inches covering the opening.
One had to careful not to cast so many bullets you couldn't pick up the bucket to dump the water.
When casting with more than two molds I would also use a rag that had been soaked in water to cool the sprue plate.
Probably did 100,000 water drop bullets just be careful and don't use more than about 3 inches of water.
This is one those things where everyone is going to have an opinion; do what's right for you.
That's a sound method. If I decide to water drop. I'm using it.
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