The LRH Annealing Article

[Litehiker]

After reading the annealing article and its links' graphs I have some questions:

1. What is the best-for-the-money annealing setup? (with moderate ease of use)
2. Which case brands lend themselves best to repeated annealing? (i.e Norma, Star, Alpha?)
3. Is case neck tension uniformity of great importance, all else being tightly controlled?

Eric B.

 

[Rick Richard]

Best for the money and ease of use and consistency in my opinion is the Salt Bath method. I have good results on Lapau and Norma brass, which is about the only brands I use. I also, keep neck tension the same and again believe everything controlled does make a difference in the end product/results.

 

[WildBillG]

I guess that would depend on how you want to anneal salt bath or flame. I just bought an Anneal Eez it is easy to set up and if you are south of the border probably under 300 bucks for every thing you need to anneal all sizes of cases. No matter what you get though get some Tempilac 750 too. That is all the advice I have as I am knew to annealing my self.

 

[Dmagna]

AMP is the best, save your money for it.

 

[WildBillG]

The AMP is probably the best but and I really mean but it seems you have to buy alot of extras to get it set up and working. Those extras are not cheap either. I am not sure of the cost of an AMP in the US but here in Canada the base machine is 1800 dollars and that is before all the case holders and what not.

 

[aushunter1]

1. I think the AMP is the best machine out there, if you can afford it.
There are a lot of machines out there for all budgets & you get what you get for what you spend!
Personally the AMP is way to much coin for most & I think the best machine for value is the Bench Source machine is a very good machine & you don't need extra bits like pilots etc.
2. My top brass brands would be- Lapua, Petersons, Norma...…...never used Nosler but its made by Norma anyway I believe.
3. ABSOLUTELY! you will find most people who want the best from their hand loads are doing a number of things like either not using the dies expander & opting for a sizing mandrel which you can choose your own tension & OR neck turning.

I wanted an annealer but didn't wat to spend a heap of money plus I love a project so after doing a fair bit of research I made my own for about $150AU, coupled with 750*F tempilaq it works great for me.

 

[Litehiker]

If you make that video last 30 minutes I could use it to put myself to sleep.
Very clever annealer but I ain't half clever enough to build one.

I'll have to make one a bit less automated.

Eric B.

 

[Tank308]

After reading the annealing article and its links' graphs I have some questions:

1. What is the best-for-the-money annealing setup? (with moderate ease of use)
2. Which case brands lend themselves best to repeated annealing? (i.e Norma, Star, Alpha?)
3. Is case neck tension uniformity of great importance, all else being tightly controlled?

Eric B.

cartridgeanneal.com. It's simple.

 

[Mikecr]

Salt bath is the best, and it happens to be cheap.
You won't have to rely on Tempilac(which is pure silly), or rocket science merchandising of the over-complicated.
Just dip cases into the correct temperature liquid.

 

[sturner]

I got into salt bath for 150$
Lapua brass is all I have annealed
I can tell the neck tension is more consistent
But all I have heard and read about the Amp is probably the best

 

[aushunter1]

Not sure on the whole salt bath thing.
I know this article is put out by the competition to them(AMP) but who else has the capacity to test the salt bath method so in depth?
Take it for what you will, could be biased of could be 100%?

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[sturner]

^^^^^
Thanks

 

[Mikecr]

The object here is not to FULLY anneal our brass. It would take a lot of effort to get that from a salt bath.
What WE do is stress relieve, which is process annealing. Salt bath is perfect for this as you can't under nor over anneal with it. There is nothing more consistent.

As far as bias:
Any expensive widget will be heavily defended by those who invested in it.
That is, right to the moment they've freed themselves of it..
Take that to the bank

 

[sturner]

I know a guy who is talking about buying an AMP if he does I got a salt bath and a friend has a Guriad we can test them to compare