Thread: Annealing

Ok so today I bought a little gas torch from Mitre 10. I got some 8 times fired cases, put them in a socket and rotated them slowly in the flame. (saw someone doing that on youtube. It works.) Never done it before, not really sure what it's supposed to look like. It was quite bright in the room and I couldn't see them glowing or pink as such but the colour changed and a band of silvery colouration at the edge of the heated area appeared after about 20 seconds. Not particularly powerful torch. So I gave them about that long and they all look kind of annealed. What do I do now? Load a few and see how it feels when the bullet seats? Should I start by loading down? Can over heating make them unsafe, if I've totally stuffed it?