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Old February 17th, 2012, 12:14 PM   #1
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Perfectly annealed brass!
Just got done annealing my first batch of brass with my new annealing machine. Perfect looking cases! I clean them with my STM machine, and then run them through the annealer! PM me for details if you'd like to have this done to your cases. I'll post pics later today. Gonna go do another batch!

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Old February 18th, 2012, 02:08 AM   #2
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Looking forward to pics!
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Old February 18th, 2012, 12:41 PM   #3
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OK, so dirty 25-06 brass on the left, cleaned and annealed 308 Win on the right. I'm very pleased with the results!



A before and after pile of 223 brass I cleaned:



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Old February 18th, 2012, 01:10 PM   #4
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Done with what? Tools? Methodology? Temperature control?

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Old February 18th, 2012, 01:26 PM   #5
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Brass looks great. Thanks for sharing.

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Old February 18th, 2012, 03:17 PM   #6
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Done with what? Annealing and cleaning Tools? My new annealing machine and my Stainless Tumbling Media brass cleaner Methodology?Cleaned, then annealed Temperature control? The annealing mark progress down the body just past the shoulder/body junction (the shine and light blue color indicates proper temp; if it turns a blackish color or no longer shines, then you've got too hot and have over-annealed).
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Old February 18th, 2012, 03:20 PM   #7
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...and one of the best features of cleaning via the STM method:



CLEAN PRIMER POCKETS! :-D

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Old February 18th, 2012, 03:31 PM   #8
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Just finished a couple hundred '06 cases I use in my two 1903A3's and my 1917 Eddystone. This is addicting!

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Old February 18th, 2012, 03:54 PM   #9
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I'm interested. Where to find more details on your annealing machine. Assume I know nothing of your previous posts or endeavors. Because it's true!

Links to previous posts or other useful links are fine. No need to "rewrite" the wheel...

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Old February 18th, 2012, 04:41 PM   #10
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Got an extra $520 laying around? :-D

http://www.annealingmachines.com/model_400

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Old February 18th, 2012, 04:44 PM   #11
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I'd like to offer this service to you guys for .10 a piece. If you send me your cleaned brass, I'll do it for .05 a piece. It takes me about 3 hours total to do a couple hundred 308 cases, and about the same time to do about 300 223/5.56 cases. I also have the tooling to size/trim 223 brass. I'm thinking I'll get set up to do 308 size/trim if there's enough interest.

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Old February 18th, 2012, 09:16 PM   #12
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I fixed the broken Photobucket links. I did a little file organization in PB, and didn't realize it would break the link. I should also mention that the back of that 223 case is also one of my converted 300 Blackout cases.

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Old February 18th, 2012, 09:32 PM   #13
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What's the "STM Method"?

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