Some of my Starline brass is hard and not sealing well under low black powder pressure. It's time to anneal to soften it and extend the life of the cases. I don't know how many here do anneal, but thought it might be of interest. I went through my junk pile and assembled a semi auto case annealer. Total cost was under $50.00 and over $45.00 of that was for new propane torches. I gave it a trial run tonight and after a bit of adjusting, I think it will work great. I still have to make a cradle to hold the torches correctly but that won't be to hard.
If the photos I took tonight come out, I'll post them late tomorrow on my web site, www.castingstuff.com Look under case annealer on the lower part of the opening page. I will also show how to make one. It will require a lathe and mill, but with a small modification, could be done on a drill press instead of a mill with some careful drilling.
Some of the parts of this thing have been in my junk collection for over 30 years waiting for a home. Must be caused by growing up on a farm and not throwing out any that you "might need" some day. My wife will hate to hear this (hates my "useless junk" collection).
Gus