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Reloading
Annealing question
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<blockquote data-quote="jimirwin" data-source="post: 1883808" data-attributes="member: 51801"><p>Brass or most all other non-ferrous alloys do not heat treat like ferrous alloys (steels).</p><p>Heat then quench anneals non-ferrous alloys. Air cool gets you some effect, but not annealing. Heat to red hot and some say you've ruined the alloy. Don't know about that, but you're seriously close to melting it!</p><p>At least it will be "dead soft annealed" and mostly useless as a cartridge case. Case brass must have some elasticity to fulfill all its functions as a cartridge case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimirwin, post: 1883808, member: 51801"] Brass or most all other non-ferrous alloys do not heat treat like ferrous alloys (steels). Heat then quench anneals non-ferrous alloys. Air cool gets you some effect, but not annealing. Heat to red hot and some say you've ruined the alloy. Don't know about that, but you're seriously close to melting it! At least it will be "dead soft annealed" and mostly useless as a cartridge case. Case brass must have some elasticity to fulfill all its functions as a cartridge case. [/QUOTE]
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