SG's Trailer Park Annealing

[Squaregrouper]

As it turns out, a 1/2" deep well socket is the perfect size for holding .308 and 6.5CM brass for annealing.
Make an adaptor and chuck it up in a drill on low speed. The color goes from "brass" to "copper" to "gray". As soon as it turns gray, drop it in a bucket of water.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

Nice!

 

[ohen cepel]

I prefer the hold it till it gets too hot method :-)
Keeps you from going too far with it. Works well, but not for many cases.

 

[John from MD]

Nice thinking SG. Too bad you didn't think of it 20 years ago. I would have saved me from getting all those 3rd degree burns on my fingers.

 

[CaptainAwesome]

Two trailer park girls...........

 

[Squaregrouper]

Two trailer park girls...........

One annealer.

 

[Sundazes]

Just be glad it wasn't the 10mm socket. You would still be looking for it.

 

[lazarus]

Just be glad it wasn't the 10mm socket. You would still be looking for it.

F you.

I own 5 of those F-ers and I can’t find one of them. Thanks for reminding me.

 

[Archeryrob]

I do the same as you, but my buddy scolded me for quenching it. He said I was re-hardening the brass with the quench and to let it air cool to stay soft. Kind of make sense, but that is what is does to steel.

 

[smdub]

Brass will not harden with quench like steel. The only way to harden brass is work hardening. Two totally different metallurgies.

 

[Sundazes]

F you.

I own 5 of those F-ers and I can’t find one of them. Thanks for reminding me.

My pleasure

 

[pitpawten]

Brass will not harden with quench like steel. The only way to harden brass is work hardening. Two totally different metallurgies.

So quenching is only to allow you to handle it and has no metallurgical effect?

 

[Squaregrouper]

So quenching is only to allow you to handle it and has no metallurgical effect?

With brass this is correct.
I quench to stop the heat transfer from travelling further down the case.

 

[pitpawten]

With brass this is correct.
I quench to stop the heat transfer from travelling further down the case.

Well I guess that means it does have some metallurgical effect, just just not in relation to the neck : )

I'm green with regards to non-ferrous stuff so good info in this thread

 

[atblis]

 

[Squaregrouper]

That probably cost more than half the trailers in the whole park.

 

[Blacksmith101]

With brass this is correct.
I quench to stop the heat transfer from travelling further down the case.

Works this way with Brass, Copper, Silver, and Gold.

Some Lead Alloys can be water hardened.

Different metals have widely differing metallurgic characteristics, even different alloys of the same metal can exhibit different results. Steel with a low carbon content is much different from steel with a high carbon content and they need to be processed differently.

The definitive reference for metals is the ASM Handbook:

ASM Handbook Set (42 Volumes) - ASM International

The ASM Handbook series contains peer-reviewed, trusted information in every area of materials specialization. The series is the industry's best known and most comprehensive source of information on ferrous and nonferrous metals and materials technology and is packed with more than 35,000 pages...

www.asminternational.org

Volume 4E would be applicable for cartridge cases.

 

[Melnic]

I remember this video when I started reloading back in 2013

 

[atblis]

That probably cost more than half the trailers in the whole park.

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