Question everything reloading related.

[RichardCranium]

How long do you tumble for? How far off the lands to you seat your bullet? Quench or not? Anneal?

 

[jolofree]

2-3 days, 75 thou, no, no

 

[High Desert duck]

20 minutes to 12 hours. .005-.040, hell no, sometimes

 

[Caihlen]

1 hour. 0. No. No.

 

[RichardCranium]

1 hour. 0. No. No.

You seat your ogive right on the lands?

 

[Caihlen]

Nah. Sorry. I load to 2.800 for .308. My bad.

 

[Powder_Burns]

4 hours, depends on gun/chamber, no, no.

 

[Dthomas3523]

Don’t tumble unless brass was in dirt. Then just long enough to get that off.

You can seat from .005 all the way to .200 or more. You’ll find seating nodes throughout.

You don’t quench

I anneal every firing

 

[Powder_Burns]

Don’t tumble unless brass was in dirt. Then just long enough to get that off.

You can seat from .005 all the way to .200 or more. You’ll find seating nodes throughout.

You don’t quench

I anneal every firing

Do you have one of those fancy induction annealers? I’m having a hard time justifying $30 for tempilaq or any of the $400 annealing tools on the market.

 

[Dthomas3523]

Do you have one of those fancy induction annealers? I’m having a hard time justifying $30 for tempilaq or any of the $400 annealing tools on the market.

Ya. I have an AMP. Makes a big difference as far as time and such.

 

[spife7980]

30 minutes of it needs to be quick to an hour usually to when I remember it.

.010-.070 depending on what it shows it likes.

No quench, once it’s out of the heat it’s not gonna get any hotter.

Yes, every firing.

 

[lash]

30 minutes of it needs to be quick to an hour usually to when I remember it.

.010-.070 depending on what it shows it likes.

No quench, once it’s out of the heat it’s not gonna get any hotter.

Yes, every firing.

Pretty much exactly this.

 

[spife7980]

Pretty much exactly this.

 

[Supersubes]

Is quenching gonna be the new flavor of the month?

OP, some metals change when quenched in various substances. Brass is not one of them. Nothing metallurgical happens when you dump it in water after annealing. You just create more work for yourself.

 

[Steel head]

I rarely clean brass.
wipe it of and brush the neck lightly.

Let the barrel decide on jump.
.020 to .080 is common for me, sometimes more.

Anneal? YES!!!!
I generally anneal after every 4-5th loading.
Many anneal more often than me.

Quench?

 

[hafejd30]

1-2 hours if the brass needs it- corn cob
Media

.010-.030 off lands- Depends on rifle and bullet

No quench

Anneal every firing- Vertex Bench Source