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Offline moosie

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Annealing brass question
« on: February 08, 2008, 09:03:36 AM »
The other day I was reading an article on the complexities of annealing brass.  (Now I cannot find it again).   The author was a long distance shooter who attributed his accuracy in part to the process.  He described his annealing process and noted that he tipped each case over into a solution of CLR when he finished the heating process.   I am puzzled about why the CLR solution?  Can any of you help me understand why he used this instead of plain water?

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Re: Annealing brass question
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 09:13:33 AM »
  No real idea. I know that SOME liquids carry heat away better than others. That is the ONLY thing that makes sense to me. Is CLR at all flammable??
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Re: Annealing brass question
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2008, 09:24:47 AM »
CLR is a cleaner designed to remove calcium deposits etc.  It is somewhat corrosive on some surfaces, but it is not flammable.  I do not know if it is supposed to help clean the brass or what.
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Re: Annealing brass question
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2008, 05:23:06 PM »
Hey guys,
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Re: Annealing brass question
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2008, 05:24:37 PM »
I found the article again.  It was written by Rick DeSimone, who is a long range target shooter.  It even had his email address in the article, but of course that address is no longer valid.
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Re: Annealing brass question
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2008, 03:05:20 PM »
Years ago I used to anneal .30-06 mil. brass and neck it down to .270 win. when the brass to to brittle to do without annealing. If tried it acouple of time on different thing since and have always found that it was a wait of time. At present I`m shooting rifles that require me to take .22 down to .17 and up to .25. I also take .35 up to .411 and .243 down to .22 and I do not anneal anything.
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