I want to soften, say, 100-200 .40 S&W shells for reforming to something else. I think I need to heat them to about 750 degrees F.
One way to anneal is to put them in a self-cleaning oven and let it run its cleaning cycle. Unfortunately, we don't own a self-cleaning oven.
Any ideas short of a $4,000 lab oven...
...or a $1400 machinist's heat treating oven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST3yf-H51Hg
http://barzindustrial.com/productimages/hsduplex.pdf
...or a $585 jewelry melting kiln https://smile.amazon.com/Rapidfire-D...3879826&sr=8-5
...would be appreciated.
Put the shells in a cast iron skillet and cook them on a stove until they seem hot enough? Point a laser thermometer at them?
Drop them in an empty Lee lead pot and cook them?
Ideas?