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Reloading
Brass splitting at neck/shoulder. Lots of pics.
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 860969" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Some more advice (on safety and preserving your face and action). Get a a bottle of templac or a temperature sensitive crayon (available at any welding supply store or online) and use it. I don't condone or recommend the torch-socket-drill motor method because dwell time in the flame as well as flame shape and intensity is paramount to a properly annealed case, something you cannot accomplish with consistency, manually.... Don't say you can, I know you can't. Been down that road, thats why I have a Bench Source. You actually have a couple choices, Giraud Machine makes an annealer, Ken Light has one and there is a no-name on Flea-Bay all the time. The Flea-Bay unit looks a bit cobbly but I'm sure it works. Key is dwell time and case rotation and a suitable heat sink to keep the body cool.</p><p> </p><p>I would have pulled the pills on the brass and annealed them, then resize not the other way around but your annealing method is lacking so thats moot anyway.</p><p> </p><p>Of course I'm not you but what I'd do is buy new brass (or factory loads for the first ignition), shoot them 2 times total, pull the primers and coffee can them and get some more and repeat, all while saving up for a mechanized annealer like a Bench Source. That way, you'll have quite a few to anneal and you aren't running the risk of your gun blowing up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 860969, member: 39764"] Some more advice (on safety and preserving your face and action). Get a a bottle of templac or a temperature sensitive crayon (available at any welding supply store or online) and use it. I don't condone or recommend the torch-socket-drill motor method because dwell time in the flame as well as flame shape and intensity is paramount to a properly annealed case, something you cannot accomplish with consistency, manually.... Don't say you can, I know you can't. Been down that road, thats why I have a Bench Source. You actually have a couple choices, Giraud Machine makes an annealer, Ken Light has one and there is a no-name on Flea-Bay all the time. The Flea-Bay unit looks a bit cobbly but I'm sure it works. Key is dwell time and case rotation and a suitable heat sink to keep the body cool. I would have pulled the pills on the brass and annealed them, then resize not the other way around but your annealing method is lacking so thats moot anyway. Of course I'm not you but what I'd do is buy new brass (or factory loads for the first ignition), shoot them 2 times total, pull the primers and coffee can them and get some more and repeat, all while saving up for a mechanized annealer like a Bench Source. That way, you'll have quite a few to anneal and you aren't running the risk of your gun blowing up. [/QUOTE]
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