DIY annealing machine

[DesertBull]

Pretty simple and slick design

 

http://www.jaracal.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=33302&start=25#p407548

[4Falls]

cool

[Titanium700]

That IS a pretty slick idea.

[HuntHarder]

Nice. I have never annealed my brass. Do many of you use an annealing machine?

[ruffcountry]

pretty easy to just hold the brass at the base in your fingers and when it gets too hot to hold then you let go

 

 

it will increase life of brass

[Titanium700]

I anneal often, I do it with my fingers....once it gets too hot I let it go.

 

I have to anneal my .243AI brass often.

[lancetkenyon]

I anneal all brass every loading with the exception of .223. I have WAY too many of those to anneal. I do mine by hand too. And I could not sit for hours doing 3000+ .223 casings. Plus, I only shoot a thousand or so a year, so it will take a long time to get 3-4 loadings on all that brass. By then, I will have collected 3000+ more, and can start over again if I start splitting necks.

[HuntHarder]

I just read up on annealing and it appears it is pretty popular. Should I do it after every reloading or only after the brass has been shot more than twice? The finger tip method seems like it might be the way to go.

[lancetkenyon]

Whatever YOU feel is worth the time to do. It takes so little time, I just do it after each resizing and cleaning, just prior to loading. But I do not dunk in water, I just let it air cool.

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

I go 4 loads on my brass before anneal. I do my 30-30 after 2 loads because they are tougher to size. I usually do my 556 while one of my buddies reloading and we have the tunes cranked so its not alot of labor.