Thread: 270 powder loads?

Well I still think that annealing projectiles is just a wind up I mean really, if a bullet is to hard for your purpose dont you just try a softer bullet?
Anyway Iv also heard about people annealing brass cases with a candle which sounds a little counter intuitive so i thought Id try it. I used 450F templaq inside the neck of a 243 case then held it in the flame of wax candle. It took about 14 seconds till I could no longer hold the case at the web. The templaq in the neck had just changed colour so Id guess 450-500F. I tried again with 650 F and it showed no change by the time I could no longer hold it. By my understanding it takes 650-700F + for a few second to successfully anneal the neck before the heat or travels to far down the case body so if that's the case then Id call this one busted. Applying the same logic to projectiles I wonder if the temp isnt getting high enough to achieve anything other than making it hot and getting it covered in soot. It would need to be tested for brinell hardness in scientifically significant sample size or some such thing before Id become a believer. But then it wouldn't even make the bottom of a very long list of things id do.?