Precisely Annealing Cartridge Brass Necks
Many precision shooters; benchrest, target, varmint & long-range hunters strive to make the most accurate reloaded ammunition possible. Proper brass cartridge case neck annealing provides consistent bullet to neck tension increasing accuracy and extends brass life. Correct annealing rejuvenates the cases neck to the ductility close to when newly manufactured. Please note, PROPER and CORRECT, are the […]
Anneal-Rite
It was 2008, the project was to anneal about 1000 – 7.62 X 51mm military brass case necks. Internet searches showed annealers from $500.00 to $840.00. Today there is even an electric foreign made job costing $1,500.00. Back in ’08 those prices were excessive for a tool performing one operation. Having a tool and die […]
SAFE AMMUNITION RELOADING
CARTRIDGE CHAMBER PRESSURE How often have we heard, SAFETY FIRST. Well, a potentially dangerous reloading condition recently came to light. Many new, and some experienced, folks reloading ammunition assume if it’s published it’s got to be safe. Well maybe yes, and in some instances DEFINITELY NO! Several years ago, one powder manufacturer published 45 ACP, […]
Cartridge Case Neck Turning
For those who seek maximum accuracy from their rifle reloads turning your brass case necks is worth considering. The eccentricity of neck brass is shown in the drawing below as an exaggeration, most cases have just one or two thousandths of an inch variance. So, what’s the big deal here anyway you may ask. The […]
Cartridge Case Shoulder Collapse
An interesting problem has come to light, reported by a person quite experienced in reloading ammunition. This involved the shoulder of a new virgin brass case having the shoulder collapse in the process of seating a bullet. The .300 Weatherby Magnum case pictured here cost a little over $2.00 delivered. Two professional sources were contacted […]
Cartridge Case Dimensional Consistency
Cartridge Case Dimensional Consistency This is one in a series of short articles dealing with cartridge brass irregularities that can be improved. Here are two slight improvements some precision reloaders perform in brass preparation. Measuring the outside diameter of the rim on 10 quality .308 Win. cases at point A we see the dimensions below. […]
Primer Seating
The function of seating the primer into a case when reloading seems to be a very basic reloading step not worthy of consideration. That said there are several errors reported by reloaders that have occurred. The first is a primer complete flip around in seating and somehow inserted backwards with the priming compound visible. In […]
Brass or Aluminum Ammo Case, which is best?
Here we have brass on the left and aluminum case ammo on right. The choices between aluminum and brass case ammo largely depends upon availability, price and your application. Billions of rounds have been produced with brass cases. Aluminum cases appeared in the 1980’s. Aluminum case ammo to the best of the authors knowledge has […]
USING OUR .45-70 HEADSPACE GAGE
First insert the gage into your caliper or a height gage, at this point set your caliper or dial indicator to read 0. Next insert a .47-70 case into the gage. Measure again and read the actual thickness of your rim. Optionally if you have a case, you consider as your optimum standard, put that […]
ABOUT US
In 2008 I had about 1000 7.62mm X 51 military cases, some from match rifles, others from machine guns all needing annealing. Shopping revealed annealers from $500.00 to $800.00 +, way over budget for a device performing one function. Having tool & die design background work began for a practical, fast, & affordable case annealer. […]
