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  1. 28-04-2017, 08:05 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by shooternz View Post
    Total waste of time, with out some very high tech equipment to test the hardness of the copper jacket how do you know you got it right,
    it takes a temperature of 650 to 750 degrees Fahrenheit to anneal copper, lead melts at 650F,
    Why would you want to make SST's softer they are designed as long range hunt projectiles, if hunting at close range they are varmint bullets
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