Best way to anneal brass cases

5mmgunguy

What is the best way to anneal brass? Set it in water and anneal, or put in shell holder in electric screwdriver, mark with temperature sentive crayon, when crayon mark turns color then dunk in water.

perry shooter

Take a cake pan fill 3/4 with water stand up the shells heat until they just turn dull red and then tip into thw water.this with 223 if shorter case you want the water about half way up on case .

1KYDSTR

Pe\ropane torch and a pan of water...it's worked for 100 years and is difficult to improve upon in terms of simplicity and efficacy.

bgjohn

I agree.
JM

HandgunHTR52

If you have the money, you can get one of these. I know a couple of guys that have them they swear by them.

You have to scroll down a little to see what I am talking about.

http://www.kenlightmfg.com/products.html

Edit: Here is a wonderful article about annealing.

http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

5mmgunguy

Handgun thanks for the absolutely great information on annealing.

Pinhead

I've always used the pan and water method when I needed to anneal cases. I have't annealed as much as I should and it has cost me cases. Usually shows up as cracks in the shoulder and neck most of the time. If I wasn't a poor boy I would be tempted to try that annealing machine though!

mrbruce

If you get a few guys together and get one of those Light annealer you will never be sorry.
The torch and waterpan method leave a awful lot to be desired as far a consistence is concerned.
Spinning them in a screwdriver, and then dunking them in water helps but still leaves a lot to be desired.
Keeping the heat colors exact is the main problem with those methods.....