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What frequency of Annealing for best case life and consisitent accuracy?
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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisInKY" data-source="post: 1352768" data-attributes="member: 94377"><p>If you're doing it right, you cannot over-anneal your brass.</p><p></p><p>• The aiming point is at the neck/shoulder junction</p><p>• The aiming point is NOT the case neck</p><p>• The aiming point is NOT the shoulder/body junction</p><p>• Brass is annealed when it reaches a temperature of ~750°F (400°C)</p><p>• Use 650°F Tempilaq for this reading</p><p>• Paint a stripe of Tempilaq from the case mouth to half-an-inch below the shoulder body junction</p><p>• Test anneal a couple of pieces of identically sized brass from the same lot (it takes cold brass about 4 seconds to anneal)</p><p>• The Tempilaq stripe on your test brass should 'just' show the appropriate 650°F color change AT and BELOW the shoulder body junction</p><p>• In this way you can determine the 'target area' of your case has hit the required 750°F temperature</p><p>• All brass is not created equal ... always use Tempilaq</p><p>• Do not drop a 'just annealed' case into water ... quenching hardens ... and people are dumb</p><p>• Yes, I have heard 'smart' people say soft metals don't harden when quenched</p><p>• You cannot anneal brass too many times, but you can burn your brass ... and dumb people do this all the time</p><p>• If you burn a piece of brass crush it with a pair of pliers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisInKY, post: 1352768, member: 94377"] If you're doing it right, you cannot over-anneal your brass. • The aiming point is at the neck/shoulder junction • The aiming point is NOT the case neck • The aiming point is NOT the shoulder/body junction • Brass is annealed when it reaches a temperature of ~750°F (400°C) • Use 650°F Tempilaq for this reading • Paint a stripe of Tempilaq from the case mouth to half-an-inch below the shoulder body junction • Test anneal a couple of pieces of identically sized brass from the same lot (it takes cold brass about 4 seconds to anneal) • The Tempilaq stripe on your test brass should 'just' show the appropriate 650°F color change AT and BELOW the shoulder body junction • In this way you can determine the 'target area' of your case has hit the required 750°F temperature • All brass is not created equal ... always use Tempilaq • Do not drop a 'just annealed' case into water ... quenching hardens ... and people are dumb • Yes, I have heard 'smart' people say soft metals don't harden when quenched • You cannot anneal brass too many times, but you can burn your brass ... and dumb people do this all the time • If you burn a piece of brass crush it with a pair of pliers [/QUOTE]
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