Annealing brass cases, Quenching is said by many to not be needed.
I have been doing some reading. All agree that the base and lower body of the cases must not be heated. Now I am reading that quenching is not needed. It seems the longer the brass cases is at a high temperature, the longer the time period that the brass has to soften. It seems rotating the cases or rotating the flame about the case is the way to go and I thinking this all over. Due to ammo cost I may be reforming base to other calibers to make things like 300 blackout and 8x57 mauser and maybe others.
Many like to have the base of the annealed case sitting in water to make sure it does not get heated to softness.
Many like to rotate the case for a fix period of time under a flame. I am thinking of all sorts of things at the moment. I have some record turn tables for example that I was about to toss in the trash. Could a cake pan like the one below be used. Place it upside down on the turn table and put a case on the pedestal, heat it for so many timed turns and with a tool knock if off and put a new one up. Red arrow would indicate location of the turned cases.
Others use a lower speed turning drill with a piece of welding rod to turn the neck which is also heated.
Annealed case
I have been doing some reading. All agree that the base and lower body of the cases must not be heated. Now I am reading that quenching is not needed. It seems the longer the brass cases is at a high temperature, the longer the time period that the brass has to soften. It seems rotating the cases or rotating the flame about the case is the way to go and I thinking this all over. Due to ammo cost I may be reforming base to other calibers to make things like 300 blackout and 8x57 mauser and maybe others.
Many like to have the base of the annealed case sitting in water to make sure it does not get heated to softness.
Many like to rotate the case for a fix period of time under a flame. I am thinking of all sorts of things at the moment. I have some record turn tables for example that I was about to toss in the trash. Could a cake pan like the one below be used. Place it upside down on the turn table and put a case on the pedestal, heat it for so many timed turns and with a tool knock if off and put a new one up. Red arrow would indicate location of the turned cases.
Others use a lower speed turning drill with a piece of welding rod to turn the neck which is also heated.
Annealed case
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