Giraud is what I use and I haven’t had any issues with it at all. Works great.
Giraud is what I use and I haven’t had any issues with it at all. Works great.
I just ordered an Annealeez and received an email from the owner telling me my product just shipped. He did say that he is getting over a thousand emails a day and it almost sounded like he is building them by himself so it is either get on his email or build product for customers.
My order shipped in three weeks for those who are curious.
Update: After using the Annealeez a few times. I am very happy with it. You cant go wrong. Just make sure your propane hose is tight after you adjust the torch nozzle or you will get a pretty blue flame in places it shouldn't be.
Last edited by Bloodhound689; 06-09-2021 at 07:03 AM.
I use a sheet pan with about 1 inch of water, stand my brass in it, light the propane torch, turn the lights out, get the neck and shoulder area pink in the dark and tip them over. I just started reloading cats yesterday, 59 years ago. This method is what I use in making my match brass.
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my method is to heat the until cherry red & throw the case into a bucket of water. no problems but do not over heat
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A candle. Hold neck shoulder low in flame. Sponge is wet with water. Rotate 180 degrees till the water sizzles. Done.
The neck will be annealed & lower case body will be stress relieved.
Less chance of a case head separation.
Then use a bushing die to stop over working the necks.
Last edited by 243winxb; 06-10-2021 at 05:37 PM.
I use the cordless drill, short extension, cheap socket and burnzamatic torch. About 5-6 seconds and drop in a pan of water. Works out beautifully.
Alcohol lamp instead of the candle as above.
I started out using a torch to anneal, then went to a salt bath system. Now I use this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Best method yet...at least for me.
Chris
I use a deep socket on a 6" extension and rotate the case in the torch flame by hand. I do it in dim light so I can see the change to dull orange and I dump them in a dry coffee can. Works well enough.
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PiD controlled salt bath.
I spent hours of research and bought a bunch of motors/parts. I have a lot of pictures --- just can't decide which one I want to make
It's such a pleasure to anneal with Annealeez Gen 2 ...
I have'nt quenched in a long time. Not at all on my cast boolit lot. Soft necks are best for cast IMHO.
I use the anneal-rite https://cartridgeanneal.com. I could of made one like he sells but, for some reason enjoyed watching his video and he came across as genuine. Great service, it works and I'm happy with it!
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I use a Giraud machine and I'm happy with it. I've always liked Winchester brass but it seems like during the Obama shortages their QC slipped quite a bit.( Its not come back yet) I was getting a high % of split necks on new brass. Brass was pretty cheap back then but I put a lot of prep into my brass and it hurt to junk so many on the first firing.
Is the annealeez caliber specific? Asking because I have a bunch of Lake city 30-06 match brass that dates back to '67 and want to anneal it prior to trying it out with cast bullets and also some Lake City 7.62 match brass. Frank
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