It's a specific mix with a lower melting point and I think it also has no harmful fumes as long as you keep it under a certain temp (1050 F I think but dont quote me).
Salt Bath Annealing
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It's a specific mix with a lower melting point and I think it also has no harmful fumes as long as you keep it under a certain temp (1050 F I think but dont quote me).
- Feb 4, 2013
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It can help straight walled cases from splitting, but typically not worth the effort, as by the time they split, the primer pockets are getting loose.
You can do it that way, but you don't even need to do that. As you do NOT want to overheat the body and base, you can hold them. The issue is getting the temp correct, time after time after time. Too little and you accomplish nothing but wasting your time. Too much, you make the brass too soft and ruin the case.
Thus the salt bath, which is a constant temp, or the automatic systems that expose the case to the heating source (torch or induction heater) for a specific amount of time, consistantly.
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