AusVarmint

22 x47 l ready to dry and prime

Does your missus know you have a fire making device and electrical tools out?

Tex

Boom boom!

Does she even know you have these tools Trev?

Well, at least we know you can push a red button and pull the trigger on a cordless drill. Good start. That's not the diddly dee taters boiler is it ??


On a serious note, those butane burners get pretty hot quick, how long are you taking for the cases to get annealed ??

[quote="Camel"]Well, at least we know you can push a red button and pull the trigger on a cordless drill. Good start.

At least he knows what he's good at, unlike some window lickers with numerical dyslexia.

I would count to three and dunk. These Lapua cases seem to be thicker so I was counting to 4 before they started to change colour

Wow you all fancy using a cordless drill, us poor folk have to spin them by hand! Actually a brass prep job I dont mind doing, brought some 223 brass back from the dead couple weeks back.

TexNAss wrote:Does your missus know you have a fire making device and electrical tools out?

Tex

Kerriet has the Hospital Emergency ward number on speed dial

trevort wrote:I would count to three and dunk. These Lapua cases seem to be thicker so I was counting to 4 before they started to change colour

When you say "thicker", what are you comparing that too?

Just be aware that cartridge brass is made using anywhere from Cu80/Zn20 to Cu60/Zn40. Colour is sometimes an indicator and there are comparison charts around but it's not definitive.

A bit rough I know but it's a summary as opposed to looking the TDS for each grade of brass within the range: http://www.justin-young.net/wiki/var/up ... _brass.pdf

ok thicker might e wrong word. They took longer to start to change colour

trevort wrote:ok thicker might e wrong word. They took longer to start to change colour

Basically brass can appear more red than yellow depending on the zinc content, let alone the oxide/tarnish level. Colour being relatively subjective at the best of times becomes less predictable with a changing base metal colour as you heat.

Those nickel plated brass cases and copper washed steel cases take forever to glow I needed a laugh today anyway.

aaronraad wrote:

trevort wrote:ok thicker might e wrong word. They took longer to start to change colour

Basically brass can appear more red than yellow depending on the zinc content, let alone the oxide/tarnish level. Colour being relatively subjective at the best of times becomes less predictable with a changing base metal colour as you heat.

Those nickel plated brass cases and copper washed steel cases take forever to glow I needed a laugh today anyway.

glad to be of assistance. I think?