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  1. 02-13-2010, 10:01 PM #1
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    annealing????

    Well tonight I took a dutch oven and stood up on head end 40S&W brass across the whole bottom. I then put it on my smelting burner for about a hour. I watched it close and when the bottom started to get a faint glow I pulled it off.

    I fished a case out ,it wat dark and had a very tiny bit of scale on the bottom but no where else. After it cooled I squeezed the mouth with my hands and it buckled, then I squeezed a unheated case mouth with the same pressure and it hardly budged. So I think I got it????
    Does this sound right? Thanks..Buck
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  2. 02-13-2010, 11:03 PM #2
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    Sounds right to me
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    dead soft.
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  4. 02-14-2010, 12:04 AM #4
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    Thanks, I was worried about not seeing more scale. I started thinking I almost did it but removed them too soon. Thanks again...Buck
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