i cooked my brass too long :O

[nate18]

normally i would air dry it but due to time constraints i was wanting to get that batch loaded that night.

 

[hometownhero]

That's what I'm say'n. If you need to use that brass to reload immediately, you don't have enough brass in your stash.
Not like I'm gonna reload right away so what's the rush to dry 'em?

I have plenty of brass for some calibers but I only load say 30 until they are done then move on. Processing 500 30-06 or other isn't something I want to spend 3 days doing. I used to load a few thousand 223 then shoot them all and reload. The processing was a real pain in the hands so smaller batches are welcomed

 

[BigUglyMan]

Why does everyone put them in at 350. 220f for 15-20 min is all you need. Set a timer!!

Because that's the starting default temp on a digitally controlled oven.

Cartridge Brass (70% Cu 30% Zn) anneals at 800F. You have nothing to worry about.

 

[hometownhero]

Because that's the starting default temp on a digitally controlled oven.

Cartridge Brass (70% Cu 30% Zn) anneals at 800F. You have nothing to worry about.

I know it is the default. Not hard to turn it down and set a timer. If the default on your car radio was 3/4 max volume you would turn it down when you get in.

 

[Trinimon]

I have plenty of brass for some calibers but I only load say 30 until they are done then move on. Processing 500 30-06 or other isn't something I want to spend 3 days doing. I used to load a few thousand 223 then shoot them all and reload. The processing was a real pain in the hands so smaller batches are welcomed

Good point.

 

[Reeferman]

I tried all sort of ways like using the oven then I found the food dehydrator that has been sitting in the basement for awhile and it works really well. Wife will get a new one if she starts doing it again. They are pretty cheap to buy new and really cheap at a yard sale.

 

[B]

Food dehydrators seem to do a good job. I am going to buy one sooner or later. In the meantime setting my oven on minimum (170F) for 30-40 minutes and an hour laid out seems to get all the moisture. The low temperature makes it pretty much impossible to have issues.

 

[c-fbmi]

The problem is that an oven may reach much higher temps than desired till the thermostat reacts.
I personally would advise against using that brass since there is no way to be sure what temperatures were reached.

On the rare occasions that I dry brass in the oven I will preheat the oven to 250F and turn it off before putting the brass in the oven.

What kind of brass are we talking about and how much of it?

Not sure where you get your info, but the air temp in an oven does not reach all kinds of wild temps before the T-stat reacts. The T-stat reacts within seconds and the variances are +/- 10 F. Just for general information, as long as the temp exceeds boiling point + 10 degrees the cases will dry as fast as possible in a heated environment and will cool much quicker..........so optimally one should use a setting of 220-250 deg F.