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<blockquote data-quote="rotorhead" data-source="post: 153272" data-attributes="member: 5078"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p><strong>"... After the neck is glowing knock the shell into the water.</strong></p><p><strong>This seems to me like it would temper the brass. But it also seems like a good idea to anneal the neck because of work-hardening, like bending a paper clip till it breaks. </strong></p><p><strong>I am wanting to know if anyone else does anneals the neck, and if so what method is used, or if this is just something that was made up (this is the only book that I have seen this in)".</strong></p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>I anneal brass often. If you load much, after a while the necks will harden, and then they will split.</p><p></p><p>Hornady makes a neat kit that is not expensive:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=360902" target="_blank">http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=360902</a></p><p></p><p>And there is a very good article here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html" target="_blank">http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html</a></p><p></p><p>DON'T heat them read hot - just heat them until there is a change of color of the brass to a straw-blue.</p><p></p><p>. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>I second this as I have annealed brass for several years, The hornady kit is ideal for a beginner. This kit will make you an expert in short order. You will use tempaq I believe it called but after a while you'll learn what to look for. I still use the paste but only every 15-20 cases just to keep me from getting over confident a screwing up a case I have many hours invested in.</p><p></p><p>RH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rotorhead, post: 153272, member: 5078"] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [b]"... After the neck is glowing knock the shell into the water. This seems to me like it would temper the brass. But it also seems like a good idea to anneal the neck because of work-hardening, like bending a paper clip till it breaks. I am wanting to know if anyone else does anneals the neck, and if so what method is used, or if this is just something that was made up (this is the only book that I have seen this in)".[/b] [/ QUOTE ] I anneal brass often. If you load much, after a while the necks will harden, and then they will split. Hornady makes a neat kit that is not expensive: [url="http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=360902"]http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=360902[/url] And there is a very good article here: [url="http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html"]http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html[/url] DON'T heat them read hot - just heat them until there is a change of color of the brass to a straw-blue. . [/ QUOTE ] I second this as I have annealed brass for several years, The hornady kit is ideal for a beginner. This kit will make you an expert in short order. You will use tempaq I believe it called but after a while you'll learn what to look for. I still use the paste but only every 15-20 cases just to keep me from getting over confident a screwing up a case I have many hours invested in. RH [/QUOTE]
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