Jesse Heywood
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There is any easy solution. Make a sign.
Ahh man.. wife cooked my brass.
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There is any easy solution. Make a sign.
howlnmad
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meant to add quote that didn't stick
howlnmad
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OP's special requirements aside, drying brass is easy, unless you live in the tropics. Put it in a colander and shake out the excess water. Then tumble it in your normal media for 15 -20 minutes. This is how I dry my .223 cases after washing off the lube. I always add some water every time I tumble, anyway.
ArchAngelCD
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That completely changes my opinion. Yep, they are now trash without a doubt...
Aww man.. my wife took an empty 30-cal ammo can, filled it up with the torched brass, labelled it on both sides in big letters "RECYCLE", and set it next to my boots.
More striking was the MidwayUSA newspaper with a note "Christmas is coming up!", and a pen on top to circle things, left laying on my laptop.
Good ending to the story, I think.
More striking was the MidwayUSA newspaper with a note "Christmas is coming up!", and a pen on top to circle things, left laying on my laptop.
Good ending to the story, I think.
howlnmad
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More striking was the MidwayUSA newspaper with a note "Christmas is coming up!", and a pen on top to circle things, left laying on my laptop.
Good ending to the story, I think.
Wanna trade spouses?
Hondo 60
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I hope you're not gonna just put that brass out for the recyclers.
It's worth money. Take it to the scrap yard.
Also, someone else mentioned crushing it to avoid someone else using it.
That's a GREAT idea.
It's worth money. Take it to the scrap yard.
Also, someone else mentioned crushing it to avoid someone else using it.
That's a GREAT idea.
howlnmad
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So true. I always pinch the mouths shut with pliers and then bend the neck over so there is no way you could ever get it into a sizing die.
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Brush them with EVOO, add some Peperoni, top with Parm Cheese and enjoy!!!
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Elkins45
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So let me ask a totally hypothetical question. We know how heating and rapid cooling can anneal brass. Do we know if there is a thermal cycling procedure than can do the reverse? IOW is there a process to "unsoften" brass?
Rail Driver
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As has been mentioned before, however, the coils in the oven get MUCH MUCH hotter than 450º, and the brass was on the top shelf under those coils... I would NOT use the brass (unless it's primer only wax or rubber bullets... good way to mark the cases for dummy rounds too)
I clean guns in the dishwasher when I don't have time for a proper detail cleaning. The dishwasher has it's own dry cycle that dries metal parts very nicely and polymer parts just as well, with no melting, overheating, or damage to anything.
I've used the dishwasher for loads of dirty range-pickup brass as well. Pop the stuff in, run it, an hour later you have dry, clean brass and guns. Make sure to lube your guns afterwards.
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This brass heated and cooled slowly. It was hardened. Big time.
I imagine you could heat it / quench it, but there'd be no way of telling if you got it "just right" unless you had a heck of a controlled furnace, a lot of knowledge that I lack, and measurement tools that I wouldn't know how to use.
The $64+shipping that it'll cost to replace it isn't really worth taking any chances or risks.
I imagine it could be a fun experiment. But I'll let the guy like Mythbusters take on things that could make things go kaboom.
Hey, maybe we could submit this one to them.
R.W.Dale
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Brass doesn't respond like steel. Heating it softens it. Rapid cooling plays no major part in this its just something us reloaders do to ensure the case head isn't annealed along with the case necks
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ArchAngelCD
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Rail Driver,
I guess you missed my second post, #30...
I guess you missed my second post, #30...
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