ryutzy
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I've recently started annealing my brass. I've read numerous articles and different ways of annealing. One article on Accurateshooter.com that I read really warned against over annealing. I'd love to see some pics of your annealed brass. How dark is the color after you are done? The brass that I've annealed turned a dark gold color with some bluish colors appearing. I felt according to the articles I've read that this is about right. I compared it to my Lapua brass which comes annealed and the Lapua has a much darker color down through the shoulder. If l keep my necks in the torch long enough to get that dark color, I think I would be over annealing the brass according to the article in accurateshooter. I keep my brass in the end of the blue flame of the torch for 8-9 seconds then dip in water to cool. I put the brass in a drill chuck to turn the brass in the flame. I know some use a dark room to see a faint red glow of the brass appear and then dip in water. I've also heard that if you see slight red then you have over annealed the necks and they may be too soft for best accuracy. So what are your experiences???? I'd like to see some pics.