Thread: Annealing

Originally Posted by WillB

I might as well practice annealing them before discarding. Ha ha.

Not a fan of the long socket method despite all the posts saying how well it works. It doesn’t give the consistency that I need. I have a Bench Source annealer with twin burners and a CAC 308 case gets 3.6 seconds whilst a Lapua 308 case gets 3.4 seconds. I have done all my setups and do a quick recheck on the day using 2 different temperature tempilacs. When first setting up I took a few cases thru to death – cooked the low temp tempilac right down to the base – it took around 8 seconds with my setup IIRC.

Any rate enough of that, no good me banging on about mine – if you want to practice I suggest a good single burner (fast) flame which should do the job in around 8 seconds. Work in an almost dark room. Heat at the shoulder neck junction – my burners direct the flames at a slight angle slightly favouring mid shoulder. Look for the change to a dull glow and then STOP. I view down into the necks on mine and just see the dull glow begin before the machine indexes. The dull glow appearance is only fleeting. Also helps if your cases are nice and clean, no lube burning off. No need to toss them in water as once you remove them from the flame no damage can be done.

Have fun.