Annealer ??

[686]

this is a little long but hope some one can help.
I see a lot of people setting up there new home made annealer with 223 brass. i am getting out of run and gun action matches but my grandson is starting to shoot it. i have aleays used brass i piched up at the range. after i swadge the primer pocket and trim, i mark it with a felt tip pin so i know it has bend procesed and not have to do the primer pockets again. i am starting to see some of my cases get split necks. i think it is from a lot of reloads. picked up some behind a friend that was spliting and he said he did not know how many times it had been reloades.
i am about finished making my annealer and was going to do a test with 223 brass. i would start with 10 rds of the same once fired brass. pit a file mark on 5 to anneal. anneal that 5 and then size , trim and load all10. shoot them and anneal the marked ones and reload the 10 again and shoot. i would keep doing this untill i got splits and hope the annealed ones hold up good.
what do you think about this test? this will also get me working with the annealer and working out any bugs before i stare annealing my 6br brass.

[jmorris]

With the way I gather brass at matches some of it may be mine and a lot of it will not be.

I process all cases the same everytime so some will get annealed every loading. As long as you do it correctly it doesn't hurt anything.

Don't heat the case long enough that the flame changes color from blue to orange and don't let it get so hot at the base that you can't hold it and you will be fine.

[686]

JMORRIS are you spining your case in the flame or just using 2 torches ?

[jmorris]

I haven't seen the need to but a few have built in rotators.

Post 105 in this thread is one of them.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?48611-finished-the-auto-annealer-today/page6

[Walter Laich]

That looks a lot like mine--oh wait it is :D
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I spin mine at a very slow speed otherwise it contacts the 'saw blade' and moves out of he flames. With the two torches it probably doesn't need the spinner but I like to mess with this kind of stuff.
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Now getting into powder coating bullets

[cbrick]

I didn't make this one but it's what I use. It's from Ken Light mfg. Here is an outstanding article by Ken on annealing, what to do, what not to do and why. My own experience with annealing is that it is an art form and takes a bit of practice. Get it wrong and you either do nothing or ruin the brass.

Cartridge Case Annealing with the BC-1000 Annealer
When, why, how and if to anneal By: Ken Light (http://lasc.us/CartridgeCaseAnnealing.htm)

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Rick

[Walter Laich]

That's a great article about the process.
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Good first reading if interested in annealing