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Post by Travis on Jul 25, 2009 21:06:39 GMT -5
I understand that this a common practice for military rounds for strength, but is it something that the "everyday" reloader can do and would it be practical for the said reloader to practice? Does it increase the life of the casing or is it something that makes cases more brittle?
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Post by greenbudsmoker4201 on Jul 26, 2009 20:08:04 GMT -5
and would annealing help with hand gun cases too?
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Post by Travis on Jul 27, 2009 14:56:01 GMT -5
Maybe if they were bottlenecked cases, I personally have never seen annealed straight wall cases.
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Post by tommyt on Jul 29, 2009 17:59:24 GMT -5
Annealing cases is a piece of cake. It will greatly extend the life of your brass. All you need to do is get a metal pan about 2-3 inches deep and fill the bottom inch or so with water. Place your cases standing up with the necks about 2 inches out of the water. Take a propane torch and heat the necks red hot then tip them over into the water. this softens the necks after repeated sizing and shooting fire-hardens them.
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Post by Travis on Aug 2, 2009 13:30:28 GMT -5
Thanks Tom. That sounds easy enough. When I get my press set up someday I'll give it a whirl.
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