Thought I'd try my hand at annealing some case necks on some .308 Win to see if it did anything for getting rid of some sooty case necks. I treated 20 pieces of brass in an old gallon ice cream tub, with the water up to the shoulder. When I was finished, the water was pretty hot. I don't think I toasted the case heads, but the more I think about it, the more I wonder if I should've stopped halfway through and let the water cool. Anybody got opinions on this? I'd guess even hot water would still act as a heat sink, so as long as the water wasn't vigorously boiling you'd think the annealing would stay above water, right?
