My first annealer

[Flyeralan]

Yep, done correctly, there is no reason not to do it every time. I know a lot of guys do, but I have not had trouble with not annealing every time.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Still waiting to try it.


JTD

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I finally annealed some brass tonight. I did 80 Hornady 25-06 brass and 200 W-W 30-06 brass. I’m guessing they turned out well. I let them roll until they started to glow. I only lost one piece of brass and burned my fingers once.

Everything on this EP Innovations 2.0 annealer worked as it should. It took a little finagling to get the brass to drop and not fall out, but was able to get it worked out. I’m sure it will get easier the more I play with it.

That is all the brass I have to anneal at this time. If I can get to the range sometime, I’ll get some more.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

Thanks for the follow-up! I trust that as you get more comfortable with it, it will become easier and you will be confident in the results.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

This could just be me imagining things or very cool. I got 200 WW 30-06 range brass from Wes. I annealed it after wet tumbling. Yesterday I started full length sizing it. They seemed to size easier than what I am used to, and I took 25 aside and took measurements at the shoulder, only .001” variance in length. I was really surprised, normally with range brass I have a bit more variance than that.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

Absolutely some of the pluses from annealing! I am much more prone to anneal than I ever thought I would be.

This could just be me imagining things or very cool. I got 200 WW 30-06 range brass from Wes. I annealed it after wet tumbling. Yesterday I started full length sizing it. They seemed to size easier than what I am used to, and I took 25 aside and took measurements at the shoulder, only .001” variance in length. I was really surprised, normally with range brass I have a bit more variance than that.


JTD

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I just annealed some FC and RP 7x57 brass. Surprisingly, the FC took a few more seconds in the heat to achieve the glow. Went smooth this time. No burnt fingers and set up went quicker. I accidentally ran 3 pieces of nickel plated brass through it, that were mixed in. Oops! May need to scrap those.


JTD

[Harter]

Aside from bluing the chrome no harm done .

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Does it harden the nickel plating making it more prone to crack?


JTD

[Flyeralan]

You know, that is a great question. I have very little nickel brass and never raised that question.

Does it harden the nickel plating making it more prone to crack?


JTD