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Riddle me this... New vs. Fired Brass
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<blockquote data-quote="g0rd0" data-source="post: 836571" data-attributes="member: 44168"><p>that is what brings the brass back to "softer" state. Takes the brittleness out of them, if you will.</p><p> How I know how hot it is, while holding the brass I heat with direct flame the neck and shoulder (top 1/3rd of the case), with majority of the flame around the base of the neck keep the brass moveing around for 3 seconds. If you first do this in a dimly light space you can see the brass change colour. Once the cherry red spreads below the shoulder stop. For me it takes 3 seconds (I timed it).</p><p>After the brass has cooled you must fl size. Some say to drop in oil but, if you quench your brass you may take out the softening that you just put back in.</p><p>There are products out there that you rub on your cases before that show the colour change to the novice but, I feel that it is an added expense and something more to clean up.</p><p>here is a short video of a commercial machine there a few different makes out there and are around $400.00</p><p>[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy6OwiuWV7A]Cartridge Annealing Machine - YouTube[/ame]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="g0rd0, post: 836571, member: 44168"] that is what brings the brass back to "softer" state. Takes the brittleness out of them, if you will. How I know how hot it is, while holding the brass I heat with direct flame the neck and shoulder (top 1/3rd of the case), with majority of the flame around the base of the neck keep the brass moveing around for 3 seconds. If you first do this in a dimly light space you can see the brass change colour. Once the cherry red spreads below the shoulder stop. For me it takes 3 seconds (I timed it). After the brass has cooled you must fl size. Some say to drop in oil but, if you quench your brass you may take out the softening that you just put back in. There are products out there that you rub on your cases before that show the colour change to the novice but, I feel that it is an added expense and something more to clean up. here is a short video of a commercial machine there a few different makes out there and are around $400.00 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy6OwiuWV7A]Cartridge Annealing Machine - YouTube[/ame] [/QUOTE]
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