Never a fan of annealing

[abunaitoo]

I took an old microwave, took it apart and cut out the turn table.
Mounted it on some wood.
Wire it directly to the cord.
Put a pan of water on it. I put a few cubes of ice in it.
I put a X in the center of the pan so I know where to set the shell.
Plug it in and set a shell on the X.
Heat it with a propane torch.
Knock it over when it's time.
I have a small pan, but I can do about 20 shells before I have to empty it.
I polish the brass first so I can see the blue move down the neck.
Got the micro free off craig's list.
Pan was from goodwill.
Propane torch I had.
Total cost $1.00.
I'm planing to make a swinging arm to hold the torch.
Cheap is good.

[Wayne Smith]

Another one for the lead pot 750-800 degrees. Simple, easy, and immediately available. Noticable softening of the brass results, noticable in case reforming operations on my RCBS JR3 press.

[Freightman]

Another one for the lead pot 750-800 degrees. Simple, easy, and immediately available. Noticable softening of the brass results, noticable in case reforming operations on my RCBS JR3 press.

Yep !

[rickster]

I spin them in my bare fingers (held at the cool end of course) for a couple of quick rotations in a propane torch flame. Then drop them in a (dry) pan to air cool. My fingers quickly tell me (ouch) if I am keeping them in the flame too long. I know most think a water quench is necessary, but air cooling works better for me. The metal is thin enough to air cool very quickly. IMO the typical tipping over water quench method results in uneven quenching, unless you have figured out some way to drop them into the water in a vertical orientation. The falling off a spinning rod approach described above sounds worth a try.

[bohokii]

the only rifle round i reload with some frequency is .223 and i figure by the time it needs to be annealed its been trimmed enough to start to worry about the thinning of the sidewalls

how many firings till an anneal? i figure after about 5 loadings and how ever many trimmings that took i worry about case head sep

[Horace]

Spinning case on brass rod works great!

Horace