Annealing....

[Handsome Rob]

Just got done annealing 200 pieces of 6.5x55 brass.
By hand.
With a blowtorch.

Is there anything more tedious?

Thank the gods I don't have to do this again for a few more loadings!

[Caster]

It is aggravating but I'd rather anneal than cut primer crimps and uniform pockets.

[Sidecarist]

It is aggravating but I'd rather anneal than cut primer crimps and uniform pockets.

Ain't that true! I just got done reworking the primer pockets on 2000 45acp cases I had laying around.

[frankmako]

yes it is a pain to do.  i look at some of the home machines that people have made to do it.   but i have not made one for myself.  

[Omega]

I've done it two ways, and both work decently fast for a cheapskate like me,:  the first time I set my .308 cases in a pan of water up to the necks and hit them with a torch until orangeish.  Worked good for a string of 100 rounds I needed for an event.  For the messload of 300 blackouts, I used a socket in a drill spinning just enough in a torch flame to turn them orangeish then drop them into a bucket of water to keep the heat from getting to the base.  Did over 1k that way, not speedy, but faster than the first way.  Did the whole MIL crimped primer pocket dance on those 300 blks too, and that with a Lee handheld too, at least the first 800 or so, then I used the 3 jaw Chuck to finish.  I got a press mounted version for the next 1k I convert, hope its better than the first time.

[mikegideon]

THIS is tedious. You gotta be real careful to don't cut your finger when you're opening those beers...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCWni2nNNeE

[GlockSpock]

THIS is tedious. You gotta be real careful to don't cut your finger when you're opening those beers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCWni2nNNeE

Anybody else watch this in tranquility until the end and then wonder "Hey, why did the machine stop!"?


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