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Salt Bath Annealing Doesn't Work! by AMP
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1637494" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>This whole thing reminds me of the quote: "I only trust the Statistics that I made up myself."</p><p></p><p>I didn't read their full report as I inherently do not trust articles of this nature. Had it come from a source without an oar in this particular pond I'd be more inclined to thoroughly read it. </p><p>That said, annealing is a time at temperature process. The closer the heat source is to the ideal annealing temperature the longer the saturation time will have to be. And the longer the saturation time the more likely you are to see heat where it is not wanted.</p><p></p><p>A slight annealing, i.e. removing some but not all work ha<a href="https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/salt-bath-annealing-doesnt-work-by-amp.220436/page-3" target="_blank">3</a>rdening, case hardening, etc. is called "Tempering". The process removes some of the hardening, restoring some ductility, while not removing ALL of the hardening and rendering the metal dead soft.</p><p></p><p>Given some of the comments made here I suspect that a full annealing of the neck is not desirable. Rather, a case neck Tempered to some as yet undefined hardness may well be the most desired outcome. I'd like to see someone independent of all annealing vendors test ES & SD vs. case neck hardness in multiple calibers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1637494, member: 93138"] This whole thing reminds me of the quote: "I only trust the Statistics that I made up myself." I didn't read their full report as I inherently do not trust articles of this nature. Had it come from a source without an oar in this particular pond I'd be more inclined to thoroughly read it. That said, annealing is a time at temperature process. The closer the heat source is to the ideal annealing temperature the longer the saturation time will have to be. And the longer the saturation time the more likely you are to see heat where it is not wanted. A slight annealing, i.e. removing some but not all work ha[URL='https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/salt-bath-annealing-doesnt-work-by-amp.220436/page-3']3[/URL]rdening, case hardening, etc. is called "Tempering". The process removes some of the hardening, restoring some ductility, while not removing ALL of the hardening and rendering the metal dead soft. Given some of the comments made here I suspect that a full annealing of the neck is not desirable. Rather, a case neck Tempered to some as yet undefined hardness may well be the most desired outcome. I'd like to see someone independent of all annealing vendors test ES & SD vs. case neck hardness in multiple calibers. [/QUOTE]
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