Annealing, help me deside

I do not quench nor will I ever, and I will not read a book about something I already know about .....please explain I want all the details please


Lots of people don't quench and are happy with the results. some alloys
are better for there intended use if quenched correctly, but worse if quenched wrong. So quenching has to be done correctly to get desired results.

I quench, because I want the annealing process to stop exactly the same location and at the correct hardness. Fortunately brass cases do well quenched in water. Other mediums may work, but not as well as water.

Air cooling can work but may not get as consistent results and can allow the anneal to get farther down the case towards the case head.

Annealing softens the brass so it will last longer without splitting, so even a poor annealing will increase the brass life "BUT" in order to get consistent bullet grip, the anneal needs to be consistent. I have been annealing for over 50 years and had to work hard at consistent annealing to get consistent bullet grip, to get consistent SD's In order to get consistent accuracy.

None of the manual ways produced the consistency that I wanted even with lots of practice and attention to detail. Even though I consider myself a Craftsman and anal about every detail, when I took the human factor out of annealing and moved to a fully automated system I get the consistency I wanted.

Now when I anneal, my cases may be a little softer than some other methods or harder that some other methods they are very consistent.

So In my opinion, Consistency it the name of the game and quenching is just part of the process that improves the consistency.

I know I used the word ''Consistency'' quite a bit in this post, but for long range accuracy it is a must and annealing needs to be as consistent as possible.

Just my opinion

J E CUSTOM
 
Lots of people don't quench and are happy with the results. some alloys
are better for there intended use if quenched correctly, but worse if quenched wrong. So quenching has to be done correctly to get desired results.

I quench, because I want the annealing process to stop exactly the same location and at the correct hardness. Fortunately brass cases do well quenched in water. Other mediums may work, but not as well as water.

Air cooling can work but may not get as consistent results and can allow the anneal to get farther down the case towards the case head.

Annealing softens the brass so it will last longer without splitting, so even a poor annealing will increase the brass life "BUT" in order to get consistent bullet grip, the anneal needs to be consistent. I have been annealing for over 50 years and had to work hard at consistent annealing to get consistent bullet grip, to get consistent SD's In order to get consistent accuracy.

None of the manual ways produced the consistency that I wanted even with lots of practice and attention to detail. Even though I consider myself a Craftsman and anal about every detail, when I took the human factor out of annealing and moved to a fully automated system I get the consistency I wanted.

Now when I anneal, my cases may be a little softer than some other methods or harder that some other methods they are very consistent.

So In my opinion, Consistency it the name of the game and quenching is just part of the process that improves the consistency.

I know I used the word ''Consistency'' quite a bit in this post, but for long range accuracy it is a must and annealing needs to be as consistent as possible.

Just my opinion

J E CUSTOM
well I don't shoot comp no more so really I'm just annealing to make the cases last a bit longer, now I have some 308 Lapua cases that went from 308 to 260 then 243 now 260AI 23 times fired but nothing hot, primer pockets are good with Fed primers, CCI are a little loose I use to shoot at ORG Penn 1000 30 yrs ago but the groups have shrunk a bit and technology has gained, I cannot afford the things now Unertls was 225.00 for target and 275.00 for programmer Loopies 375.00 and some people still shoot the same scopes same calibers even a mauser won a few weeks ago
 
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