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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Pretty sure it's a newb question..
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 668298" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>All templac is telling you is that you applied enough surface heat, and the 'art' in such an approach is still to know that too much heat wasn't applied. Still timing in it..</p><p></p><p>We don't actually desire annealing, but stress relieving. Two completely different processes, at different temperatures.</p><p>Stress relieving for cartridge brass is ~500deg(minutes) to ~800deg(seconds). </p><p>~950deg + (faint orange glow) = annealing. This is NEVER desired for reloading.</p><p></p><p>A torch is way the hell hotter than this. So I would support the notion that successful 'annealing'(in our context), without a machine, is either luck or art.</p><p>I'm not so gifted and have been lead dip stress relieving with calibrated temperature readings.</p><p>But I may someday invest in a machine merely for the ease of it. The one I linked above is very tempting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 668298, member: 1521"] All templac is telling you is that you applied enough surface heat, and the 'art' in such an approach is still to know that too much heat wasn't applied. Still timing in it.. We don't actually desire annealing, but stress relieving. Two completely different processes, at different temperatures. Stress relieving for cartridge brass is ~500deg(minutes) to ~800deg(seconds). ~950deg + (faint orange glow) = annealing. This is NEVER desired for reloading. A torch is way the hell hotter than this. So I would support the notion that successful 'annealing'(in our context), without a machine, is either luck or art. I'm not so gifted and have been lead dip stress relieving with calibrated temperature readings. But I may someday invest in a machine merely for the ease of it. The one I linked above is very tempting. [/QUOTE]
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