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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 1966669" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>You don't own an annealer? I am sure you have a cake pan, Water, Maybe not a propane torch. A short trip to Lowe's will take care of that. Stick the case neck end up out of the water. Water being about 2/3 up the case. Have a screwdriver to push the case over after heating it. Leave room between the cases to allow for the case to fall over. Heat the case on the neck to it get about orange in color, not more, Move the torch around some to heat the entire neck up, then push over. ANNEAL!!! It's quick and simple. You can de-prime the case, but only with a de-prime die. No resizing at that point and time. Dry the case and you are ready to move on. It not hard, and you will get the hang of it quickly. You will add life to the cases. They aren't cheap anymore. What you spend in setting up, you will more than save on not replacing brass. Depending on hard you are pushing the bullet down the tube, can add 5 to 10 more uses out of the case. Generally the primer pocket open up and the case is done. With case costing over a dollar each, and by annealing cut the cost down on new brass by at lease half and maybe more. So how much does it cost. Not much. So you are in for about $20.00 bucks, and the only thing is you will need a new tank of propane now and then. There is a lot of work that goes in the prep a case for loading. I really don't want to repeat the case prep any more than I have too. Annealing extend the life of the case. </p><p>SSS</p><p>MIke</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 1966669, member: 101791"] You don't own an annealer? I am sure you have a cake pan, Water, Maybe not a propane torch. A short trip to Lowe's will take care of that. Stick the case neck end up out of the water. Water being about 2/3 up the case. Have a screwdriver to push the case over after heating it. Leave room between the cases to allow for the case to fall over. Heat the case on the neck to it get about orange in color, not more, Move the torch around some to heat the entire neck up, then push over. ANNEAL!!! It's quick and simple. You can de-prime the case, but only with a de-prime die. No resizing at that point and time. Dry the case and you are ready to move on. It not hard, and you will get the hang of it quickly. You will add life to the cases. They aren't cheap anymore. What you spend in setting up, you will more than save on not replacing brass. Depending on hard you are pushing the bullet down the tube, can add 5 to 10 more uses out of the case. Generally the primer pocket open up and the case is done. With case costing over a dollar each, and by annealing cut the cost down on new brass by at lease half and maybe more. So how much does it cost. Not much. So you are in for about $20.00 bucks, and the only thing is you will need a new tank of propane now and then. There is a lot of work that goes in the prep a case for loading. I really don't want to repeat the case prep any more than I have too. Annealing extend the life of the case. SSS MIke [/QUOTE]
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