varmint1111
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how do you guys do it ? lots of stuff on the internet, but what works ?
annealing cases
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Plateau Hunter
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I use the very simple method of rotating the case neck above the tip of a candle while holding the case head with the thumb and forefinger. When you feel the heat and it becomes too hot to hold just put it aside and go to the next one. Also I use dark glasses to avoid the hot spot from staring at the candle flame. If you hold the case just above the flame tip, which is the hottest point anyway, you won't get soot on the neck. If you soot the neck it is no big deal to wipe it off with a damp cloth. This method is simple, inexpensive and seems to work fine especially for my low volume needs.
I anneal my .40-65 cases with a small propane torch.
I made a case holder using a deep well socket, I ran a bolt through the ratchet square hole, locked bolt onto socket with a nut and then chucked the whole assembly into a cordless drill.
my black powder cases are heated a "5 mississippi count" about 3/4 of an inch down total length from case mouth
I made a case holder using a deep well socket, I ran a bolt through the ratchet square hole, locked bolt onto socket with a nut and then chucked the whole assembly into a cordless drill.
my black powder cases are heated a "5 mississippi count" about 3/4 of an inch down total length from case mouth
mr.big
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I do as CL with my 338 Lapua brass and have some with 10 cycles
DaveB
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Annealing lengthens case life to nearly double non-annealed cases.
There are some home made devices-look like a rotating clock face and each case neck is in the flame for that 5 second (or whatever) count and after they move out of the flame they are kicked into a pan of water. As the rotating clock face moves past the kick out spot a new case is inserted. The tricky part is getting the case to stop in the flame for just that 5 second count. One guy was using a solenoid that was triggered somehow every 5 or 6 seconds. The clock face has to be thick enough to hold the case in place through all that stop/start movement. With the scarcity of some caliber cases annealing is becoming much more necessary.
There are some home made devices-look like a rotating clock face and each case neck is in the flame for that 5 second (or whatever) count and after they move out of the flame they are kicked into a pan of water. As the rotating clock face moves past the kick out spot a new case is inserted. The tricky part is getting the case to stop in the flame for just that 5 second count. One guy was using a solenoid that was triggered somehow every 5 or 6 seconds. The clock face has to be thick enough to hold the case in place through all that stop/start movement. With the scarcity of some caliber cases annealing is becoming much more necessary.
