Salt bath annealing

I size, anneal then just dip quench so they don't get overly wet, dry mouth mostly down in the oven at 200 for 15 minutes then run them through the vibrator cleaner.

Alternately I'll just de-cap first; do everything else the same then size and clean. Since I dip quench them I don't want a primer in the case because the hot case will suck itself full of water. That water eventually has to come out. With the flash hole open they are self draining, with a spent primer in case I practically have to shake it out. Draining is faster than drying.
 
I completely process my brass before salt annealing.

After annealing, I water quench immediately, rinse a second time (with fresh water) and then oven dry on Warm cycle.

I don't polish then after this step so it is very obvious to me that they have been annealed and are ready to load.

So what if my loaded cartridges have the appearance of military loads, I don't really care about that...
 
billdick said:
Who besides ballistic recreations has salt annealing kits? Hes been out of stock since....
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I haven't done this, but my understanding is that if you place an order it will be filled relatively quickly as stock becomes available, along the lines of two- three weeks.
It could be months til a product is actually on the shelf waiting to be sold, if he's always slightly behind.
The market will eventually reach saturation, but that could take years.
A quick email to the vendor could confirm that.
 
Chilly807 said:
I haven't done this, but my understanding is that if you place an order it will be filled relatively quickly as stock becomes available, along the lines of two- three weeks.
It could be months til a product is actually on the shelf waiting to be sold, if he's always slightly behind.
The market will eventually reach saturation, but that could take years.
A quick email to the vendor could confirm that.
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I have emailed him and he told me to just keep watching his page and order when it says "in stock" but I'll make an order and see
 
It will be interesting to see what Ballistic Recreations says about this. Has Ballistic Recreations has ever provided independent proof that their salt product actually does work consistently and properly? We all know flame annealing works and we've all done it, but we also know it can be inconsistent.

The AMP report does state that they recommend flame annealing if you are on a budget.
 
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