Ian
Notorious member
I tried handling them after a minute or two laying on the towel after the brief base quench. I could pick them up with my bare fingers but can assure you it didn't take long to examine them! They were still pretty hot on both ends, so I wouldn't be surprised if these don't reach maximum hardness on the base and may be harder on the noses than otherwise. I'll test them again tonight and see what's happening. So far the noses of the big HP bullets are harder than the air-cooled control bullet tested, but the other bullet noses of the long, skinny .30 cal. ones hadn't quite reached the air-cooled hardness after 23 hours.