Thread: Blow torch for annealing

Plenty of vids on youtube about it, I reckon they would.
I'll be giving it a crack when I get my WSM back from the shop.

I use one of those blow torches powered by a blue ‘camping gas’ cylinder
Same one as the cookers use
Works for me.
I’m highly unscientific, anneal every 4 reloads, hold the case in the flame, rotating it, until I start to feel the heat
through my fingers, then drop it in water.
Seems to improve neck tension.
Then again, maybe I’m fooling myself !
It’s part of the reloading procedure I’ve ended up doing, anyway.

Originally Posted by Frogfeatures

I use one of those blow torches powered by a blue ‘camping gas’ cylinder
Same one as the cookers use
Works for me.
I’m highly unscientific, anneal every 4 reloads, hold the case in the flame, rotating it, until I start to feel the heat
through my fingers, then drop it in water.
Seems to improve neck tension.
Then again, maybe I’m fooling myself !
It’s part of the reloading procedure I’ve ended up doing, anyway.

Cheers, that's the type I was looking at

Thanks for all the info team. Might do a bit of experimenting over the break. 10 reloads out of my 303 brass so far.

Neck tension is a bit loose after resizing so must be time to anneal.

Head thickness is fine after I cut a case lengthwise

They get plenty hot enough. The problem is moderating the heat so you don’t over anneal and ruin the brass.