Thread: Annealing

Originally Posted by zimmer

Sorry, you have lost me - what is the purpose of dunking them in water?

It cools them down quickly. Once the neck had reached the right temp you don't want that spreading further down the case. Maybe it makes no difference but it makes a cool sizzling sound when it hits the water.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

It cools them down quickly. Once the neck had reached the right temp you don't want that spreading further down the case. Maybe it makes no difference but it makes a cool sizzling sound when it hits the water.

Just wondered as some believe they need to do it for metalurgical reasons. I long stopped cooling mine down by dunking - just another step required in the process then - dry them off. Using Omegalaq proved to me once the flame is removed no further heating occurs that can have any sort of serious effect on the base. Might be an issue though on short cases. But still, that cool sizzling sound has something going for it