Anyone have one of these Annealeez ?
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Nature Boy
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Not $500. I believe I paid ~$270
It works good for me. I anneal every time before sizing. If the annealeez didn't make that easy I wouldn't be doing it.
It works good for me. I anneal every time before sizing. If the annealeez didn't make that easy I wouldn't be doing it.
doubleh
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IF you reload a lot I suppose they would make sense or if you are just a gadget guy the same would apply. I'm long retired, have more time than money, and don't reload a tremendous amount of bottle necked ammo so I'm a Bermz torch on a 1# propane bottle, deep socket on a variable speed drill, and a folded towel type of brass annealer. Gadgets I like but that isn't one I really need. If you feel you need to save that much time in your reloading or just want one then get it.
Same here. Set it up, load up the cases and work on something else a bit. I anneal 1000s of pieces of brass a year. Well worth it for me.
ctgrizzly2hunt2
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I just got my unit yesterday which was ordered in the end of January. Lead time was longer than normal due to supplies but well worth the money. $275 shipped.
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Not $500. They are $270 or so.
Looks to be of good construction and provides income to a guy who is seemingly making them on a shoestring operation. I haven’t put mine to use yet but will shortly.
frankmako
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i got one about 8 years ago. works well and did not cost much.
mmb617
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I have a homemade version of that. I enjoyed making it and it has certainly made processing brass quicker and easier.
I have a little over $100 in the materials to build mine so I didn't save much money really. If I didn't like that kind of project I would probably be willing to spend $270 to buy one.
I have a little over $100 in the materials to build mine so I didn't save much money really. If I didn't like that kind of project I would probably be willing to spend $270 to buy one.
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HMMMM maybe need to reevaluate my decision............
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And Jeff is a heck of a nice guy to boot.
roc1
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I have old model works great all you need to do a good job and a bottle of propane
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I just started using one, works great . Simple to use, and very fast once you get rolling . I bought tempilaq for 750 and 450 degrees . I used the 450 once, I would never buy it again , you will know right off you are too hot if the 750 all turns . One thing I will add ,if you do get one trust the Tempilaq . Color is an indicator but all brass is different . I did about one thousand .308 brass , six different headstamps . None of the six look the same . As an experiment I tried to make them look alike , to do so some were turned to dead soft before reaching the desire color .
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Congrats, you made a good choice . There are tons of videos on them, I watched a bunch while waiting for delivery , really made setup easy having an idea of what to expect .Just ordered one
ctgrizzly2hunt2
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You’re going to love it.Just ordered one
KW-HD Rider
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another satisfied customer. Works great. Just take your time setting it up for each caliber. Order Templac at the same time to ensure you set the time accurately.
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Also interested.
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eb in oregon
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I bought a MRB Annealer from "Mikes Reloading Bench" a few years back. It was expensive but it works well. At the time I was reforming .30 Carbine brass to 5.7MMJ and cold working of the brass lead to a lot of split necks from reforming without annealing and once upon firing. That's a lot of work to go through for a single firing. But since then I managed to score a large quantity of already loaded ammunition and a bunch of brass, so I won't need to reform cases for 5.7MMJ anytime soon. And too the 5.56 brass I've reloaded several times is also suffering split necks, so the thousand or so cases I've got cleaned will need to go through the annealer before resizing and reloading. In my experience many bottle necked cases will split after reloading only two or three times if not annealed, but then there are plenty of variables. Light loads versus middle to high end loads. Neck sizing versus full length sizing. Both those factors have a great deal to do with case life. I don't load light loads in rifles, always in the middle or slightly more. I full length resize my cases as I've multiple rifles of the same caliber and neck sizing only pretty much makes that ammunition a one rifle only proposition. I've been bit several times trying to neck size a cartridge only to find it either chambers hard in another rifle or won't chamber at all. So I full length size knowing I'll lose some cases somewhere along the road. However annealing is supposed to cure that, I've just not done enough to find out how big a difference it makes.
https://www.mikesreloadingbench.com/mrb2018_006.htm
https://www.mikesreloadingbench.com/mrb2018_006.htm
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