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<blockquote data-quote="sedancowboy" data-source="post: 2110873" data-attributes="member: 85874"><p>I have been reloading for 52 years and annealing has been one of the biggest improvements to SDs and ESs that I have made. Consistency is the key to good numbers. I researched all the annealers on the market at the time I decided to purchase. Salt Bath has its followers but liquid salt at 932F did not appeal to me and dropping your precision brass into water was also undesirable then they have to be dried. more time plus water in a cartridge case is never a good thing.</p><p>Also the Salt is extremely corrosive. The Lee lead pots rust. Last you have to anneal your cartridges one at a time plus time them to be consistent. </p><p>The AMP II is a awesome unit but very expensive and again you do one at a time.</p><p>So I started looking at flame annealers (that is what factories use) and decided that one of these with a magazine to hold 50 cases might be the way to go. At the time I looked at Annealize and Mike's Reloading units. I chose Mikes for $399 at the time. It is robust and easy to operate take a scrap piece of brass and paint some templiq inside the case neck line up the flame to the neck shoulder junction and adjust the time to melt the templiq and you are good to go. I anneal every time I reload and it has improved my numbers by a lot.</p><p>You don't have to watch it run and it will do 50 cases while you do something else. I don't leave the room but you don't have to babysit it. I do use a bulk tank so the flame stays consistent. It certainly is as safe as SBA and requires much less input from the operator.</p><p>Current prices are Annealize is $275 and Mikes is $449.</p><p>Just my two cents worth.</p><p>Henry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sedancowboy, post: 2110873, member: 85874"] I have been reloading for 52 years and annealing has been one of the biggest improvements to SDs and ESs that I have made. Consistency is the key to good numbers. I researched all the annealers on the market at the time I decided to purchase. Salt Bath has its followers but liquid salt at 932F did not appeal to me and dropping your precision brass into water was also undesirable then they have to be dried. more time plus water in a cartridge case is never a good thing. Also the Salt is extremely corrosive. The Lee lead pots rust. Last you have to anneal your cartridges one at a time plus time them to be consistent. The AMP II is a awesome unit but very expensive and again you do one at a time. So I started looking at flame annealers (that is what factories use) and decided that one of these with a magazine to hold 50 cases might be the way to go. At the time I looked at Annealize and Mike's Reloading units. I chose Mikes for $399 at the time. It is robust and easy to operate take a scrap piece of brass and paint some templiq inside the case neck line up the flame to the neck shoulder junction and adjust the time to melt the templiq and you are good to go. I anneal every time I reload and it has improved my numbers by a lot. You don't have to watch it run and it will do 50 cases while you do something else. I don't leave the room but you don't have to babysit it. I do use a bulk tank so the flame stays consistent. It certainly is as safe as SBA and requires much less input from the operator. Current prices are Annealize is $275 and Mikes is $449. Just my two cents worth. Henry [/QUOTE]
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