DON'T Anneal Your Brass and See What Happens | Brass Bend Test

There are many different ways to anneal your brass. With a few basic tools that you can find around your house. You can anneal your brass just as good as any expensive machine can do at a fraction of the cost.
This video shows the benefits of annealing your brass compared to not annealing your brass. What happens to brass if you fail to anneal it. Annealing your brass realigns the molecules with heat (metal or glass) and allowing it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses and make it easier to work with.
For the purpose of this video, I cut the brass in half with a Dremel.
Materials used for annealing:
Deep Socket
Cordless Power Drill
Propane Torch
I did not water quench my brass after annealing.

[@bfdadventure]

Excellent practical testing! I use a drill and deep socket to anneal also. The egg heads will have people thinking one can't possibly anneal brass effectively unless they use a $1500 machine that counts in nano seconds of anneal time! LOL. Even the great Eric Cortina did a video showing in essence it's pretty hard to over anneal brass to a point of diminished returns. Oh well, hand loaders love buying gadgets!

[@scottmoore5719]

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to do this research to prove benefit of annealing and for sharing your findings!

[@DLN-ix6vf]

I just reloaded my 223 Lepua brass 70 times and I full size every 10 reloads otherwise I just neck size and not once did I anneal. Also just reloaded my Remington brass 40 times the same way and not once did I anneal. Just started reloading my Norma brass so far 6 times and no annealing.

[@SigmaSheepdog]

A good comparison video, but I would like to have seen you anneal the case half just once instead of repeatedly, then conduct your test.

[@cliffthomson7870]

I was taught to drop the case into water after heating.

[@markr6754]

not needed...it isn't ferrous, it's cuprous. Brass doesn't work the same way as iron. There's nothing wrong with your process, it's just getting your brass wet. I wet tumble, so I get my brass wet too!

[@davidnuttall-y7l]

guys I have reloaded my 223 Lepua brass now 51 times and only neck size but every 10 reloads I will full size the brass. only two cases have been thrown out so far but that was my fault as I hit the neck hard when neck sizing and bent the brass so I just thru them out. tell me again why annealing brass is so important ? Ps: I did the same with PMC brass and after 20 half went in the garbage and by 40 reloads all were in the garbage. doing same test now with Rem. brass and at 21 reloads no brass thrown out yet.

[@irokromkrom6534]

and what will be the effect of hardening the scales in cold water?

[@jordangouveia1863]

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[@Aviator747a]

Brass work hardens. Quenching in water does not harden it. It actually helps as it stop the heat from traveling too far into the body. Steel will get brittle.

[@jdg5682]

I anneal to about half inch down the shoulders just because new lapua brass comes like that from the factory. Why are you only going quarter inch

[@livingwildwithmikeshannon5225]

I just find that going to the bottom of the shoulder with it glowing red works for me.

[@larrythompson5617]

Can nickel plated rifle brass be annealed?

[@jordangouveia1863]

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[@larrythompson5617]

@@jordangouveia1863 ?

[@Aviator747a]

Yes, it just may show the discoloration longer.

[@henryfriesen8614]

Did you let it cool after each bend?

[@livingwildwithmikeshannon5225]

Yes, I did let it cool after each bend.

[@onefifthtoofifthwedfifthbr5371]

That sounded like a MAP gas canister