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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1585774" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Although a costly mistake,<u><em> <strong>I'd like to thank you for sharing your story</strong></em></u>. This is what this post is all about, helping others to improve their shooting and reloading skill. We read a lot of success stories and posts on these forums, however not too many posters are brave enough to share their mistakes as you have here. Personally I get a lot of information from reading the postings in these threads. I hope that a number of readers, <u><em>especially those who are just starting out reloading</em></u>, read this thread that you've posted. Many years ago I started annealing cases with a torch on brass that was sitting in a tray of water that was almost up to the junction where the shoulder meets the outside of the case. When the case turned red the case was tipped over in the water. The brass was military brass and for the most part ruined. I am getting ready to reload some .270 Winchester brass into .270AI brass, I totally intend to use the salt bath ($100) method. I cannot afford to buy one of the more expensive annealers that are on the market. For me I think that the only drawback on the salt bath process is the danger that is involved with the hot salt, other than that it appears to be a straight forward process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1585774, member: 69192"] Although a costly mistake,[U][I] [B]I'd like to thank you for sharing your story[/B][/I][/U]. This is what this post is all about, helping others to improve their shooting and reloading skill. We read a lot of success stories and posts on these forums, however not too many posters are brave enough to share their mistakes as you have here. Personally I get a lot of information from reading the postings in these threads. I hope that a number of readers, [U][I]especially those who are just starting out reloading[/I][/U], read this thread that you've posted. Many years ago I started annealing cases with a torch on brass that was sitting in a tray of water that was almost up to the junction where the shoulder meets the outside of the case. When the case turned red the case was tipped over in the water. The brass was military brass and for the most part ruined. I am getting ready to reload some .270 Winchester brass into .270AI brass, I totally intend to use the salt bath ($100) method. I cannot afford to buy one of the more expensive annealers that are on the market. For me I think that the only drawback on the salt bath process is the danger that is involved with the hot salt, other than that it appears to be a straight forward process. [/QUOTE]
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