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Do you anneal your cases?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 434863" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>here's my method, and take it for whatever you think it's worth:</p><p> </p><p>** I have a steel plate that has dowl pins pressed in it (about 20). These pins stick up about a half inch, and fit the neck I.D. fairly close (maybe .005" clearence). I take a 400 degree welder's temp stick, and draw a line on the case body about an inch long starting at the neck. I put the plate on a burner in the kitchen range, and let it get good and hot. Then simply stand the cases upside down over the pins waiting for the temp stick line to start to melt. Right beside the plate I have a bowl of ice and water. I put the cases on the plate in groups of five or six about three minutes apart, and remove them with a pair of pliers dumping the hot cases in the ice water. After awhile you learn to develope a system where you have a couple minutes between each group of five or six cases (or what ever number you comfortable with). Just don't let the line on the shoulders melt! all your after is the neck length</p><p> </p><p>I also know three or four guys that go the same thing in a lead pot, but I don't trust it! The welder's temp stick is accurate, and 400 degrees is the prefered temp for anealing brass. You absolutley want as fast a quench as you can get, and that's why I use ice water.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 434863, member: 25383"] here's my method, and take it for whatever you think it's worth: ** I have a steel plate that has dowl pins pressed in it (about 20). These pins stick up about a half inch, and fit the neck I.D. fairly close (maybe .005" clearence). I take a 400 degree welder's temp stick, and draw a line on the case body about an inch long starting at the neck. I put the plate on a burner in the kitchen range, and let it get good and hot. Then simply stand the cases upside down over the pins waiting for the temp stick line to start to melt. Right beside the plate I have a bowl of ice and water. I put the cases on the plate in groups of five or six about three minutes apart, and remove them with a pair of pliers dumping the hot cases in the ice water. After awhile you learn to develope a system where you have a couple minutes between each group of five or six cases (or what ever number you comfortable with). Just don't let the line on the shoulders melt! all your after is the neck length I also know three or four guys that go the same thing in a lead pot, but I don't trust it! The welder's temp stick is accurate, and 400 degrees is the prefered temp for anealing brass. You absolutley want as fast a quench as you can get, and that's why I use ice water. gary [/QUOTE]
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