Annealing the Cheap Way

Here is my method for annealing .308 brass quickly, effectively and most of all, without spending $500.00 on a machine that you have to hand feed anyway. Tempilac, an affordable propane torch and a cordless drill are all you need. Brass starts to glow red at 925 degrees Fahrenheit. If you anneal so that your cases glow red or even just start to glow you have gone too far and ruined your brass. I started with 750 degree Tempilac, but found that when I stopped at 750f the cases did not feel like they had enough neck tension, and was an indicator that the brass had been over annealed. Stopping at 700f proved to be the magic bullet for me. I have yet to split a case mouth, and my cases neck size perfectly, all feel like they have the same neck tension, and my loads have been extremely accurate and consistent. I use a Redding Type-S Full Length sizing die which also uses a neck bushing and I anneal every third firing.