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    Quote Originally Posted by Frogfeatures View Post
    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

 

 

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