Erik Cortina annealed some brass up to 15 sec and loaded them, now you do it.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll probably remove my vid soon since I think I have my questions answered and I'm incorrect, I doubt youtube needs another brass burning vid and maybe there is no need for any annealing vids after this one. Everything you said makes sense. I annealed a couple hundred of my good rifle brass manually doing just what you said. You do start to see things in a darker room after a couple hundred rounds. Thanks again

I've watched pretty much every single video KZfaq has on this subject and the only thing I've learned is everyone has a different opinion on the subject... some people say color has absolutely nothing to do with anything, some say you want to go until the brass just starts to glow, some are like you saying it's ruining you brass if you see any amount of glowing in the brass, some are using these DIY induction annealers where the brass glows bright, and some say only use an AMP annealer. I've just been using those Little Crow annealing mandrels that you chuck up into a drill and a single torch and I do everything in a dark room. I pull the brass out of the flame as soon as I see the flame starting to get that orange color but the brass hasn't really started glowing yet. My only problem is I don't feel like I'm getting the best consistency that way compared to an automated annealing machine like you're using here but I'm also not really ready to invest the money on an AMP or Bench Source machine either because there's so many different opinions that I don't know if its worth the investment...

I've watched a bunch of videos on annealing, but perfect explanation here👍

As always, fantastic video with clear and helpful information. Very few resources as well thought out as yours tend to be.

Anealing is a misconception, it should be called tempering.

Thank you so much for time to explain the process Sir!

Very well explained.

I am a 30-year plumber and I have seen many guys that were soldering copper greatly overheat the pipe and turn it all kinds of cool looking colors and wind up with leaks

Great Video thanks. I have the bench source annealer also and really like how you used the hose to the torches from the tank or bottles. Going to make that change soon. Thanks again

Very interesting video. Thanks. I’ve never bothered with annealing so far but now that I form cases from other parent cases for a number of rifles and don’t really love trimming brass it seems prudent to make the formed and trimmed cases I do have last as long as they can.

Good info. Should then put each one through the sizing die to see how they conform with pressure.

There was some good information in this video. If you happen to have an automated motorized annealing machine then this is probably a great video. However most people looking up you tube videos about annealing are beginners with a blow torch.

I just got an annealer,thank you for this video.

Thank you that was very helpful. I'm just using a blow torch and the shell in my drill.

go down to box store get the largest copper fitting reducer you can find. start stretching it by beating on outside large end on a steel mandrel of some sort. everything you hit it it stretches and in short order you have made it larger. as it gets larger it gets harder until it doesn't want to stretch. now you annealing it with your torch and then it once again becomes pliable, you could do this many times increasing the diameter but material gets thinner as it gets thinner it will work harden guicker. this is the same process men go through when they are put into stressful situations for prolonged time (it will try your metal of what sort it is) you to can become work hardened .

Excellent video. Thank you so much.

Great vid, very well explained ! 👍

Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!!!! When I was learning how to anneal my brass I was watching videos on here and I'm glad I questioned the process I was being shown, because everyone was doing it wrong. Dangerously wrong! Getting that brass to cherry red and beyond. So dangerous. So also if you need more proof of correct annealing you can use vise grips and set them to squeeze the brass and release. If it crushes then it's over annealed and it's too soft and if it springs back to original shape then the anneal was a success. I read that somewhere and have used it in my reloading. ( Correct me if I'm incorrect please).

I have the same machine you do but my anneal mark never looks as defined as yours does.