Quote:When the rim starts to get warm drop it in the water.
Quote:Unlike steel, which will be made harder when it is cooled rapidly, brass is virtually unaffected when it is rapidly cooled. Annealing brass and suddenly quenching it in water will have no measurable effect on the brass.
* Hold the rim of the case with one's thumb & index finger
* Put the propane torch below
above the case mouth the distance that the bullet will be seated. For bottle neck cases - just above
below the shoulder
* Spin the case with you finger and thumb in the specific area stated.
* When the brass turns a bluish/green color (approvimately 650-680 degrees - drop it on a COTTON cloth ... Not in a
cold water bath! And NEVER heat the brass to a cherry red color. That temperature is 1000 degrees - thus too soft and one's cases are hosed!
Factory cases are annealed in the same manner as the machine on ...
(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) They should NEVER be dropped into a
cold water bath -
Air Cooled! PS The Water Bath 'Tip Over Method' IMO will not evenly anneal the mouth as will spinning
But as is said ... there are are Chevy - Chrysler & Ford methods to anneal brass cases!