Softening lead with vinegar?

Aloha,

Ok, after watching this video I don't think the distilled vinegar is softening the lead. I'm no chemist but there is no way the vinegar is softening the lead, it however is removing the top layer of oxidation that's why the lead turns to a different color. Its basically just cleaning the pellet. 

Aloha, Keone

Can clean suppressors with vinegar to remove lead deposits and wind up with lead acetate.

Don't know about softening but if you drop cast bullets directly from the mold into water it will make their surface a little harder.

My first thought. I wouldn't shoot those in my guns! Vinegar is acidic and will corrode metal. He talked about shooting them before they dry. So I wouldn't put those pellets in any of my guns. I may be overreacting. But would check this out carefully before proceding.

I will never recover those few minutes wasted on this video. There are better ways to clean a pellet that don't introduce harmful chemicals to your barrel. 

I will never recover those few minutes wasted on this video. There are better ways to clean a pellet that don't introduce harmful chemicals to your barrel.

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Worse than that, you will never recover the time it took you to whine about it....

Here we all are pissing our precious moments away writing snarky comments...

Here we all are pissing our precious moments away writing snarky comments...

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That's what happens when you pay everyone to stay home.