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<blockquote data-quote="Hangfire" data-source="post: 4369424" data-attributes="member: 27673">I competed hot and heavy in IHMSA handgun silhouette matches for over twenty years and for the first year or two I competed solely with a 10&quot; Contender chambered in 7mmTCU and noticed my .223 cases would neck split after two or three firings and was told that I needed to start annealing the necks.Didn&#039;t want to spend the $$ for a factory made annealing machine and was told by a couple of old timers in the sport that I didn&#039;t need one and that all I had to do was hold the cases between my bare thumb and forefinger and spin them while holding a propane torch in the other hand and drop them in a can (no water).I&#039;d read that you could over anneal cases and I ask one fella how will I know if I&#039;m annealing them too much and he said, &quot;trust me boy you&#039;ll drop them hot cases long before you over anneal them&quot;. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />Started annealing and there is no telling how many reloads I got out of my brass afterwards.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hangfire, post: 4369424, member: 27673"] I competed hot and heavy in IHMSA handgun silhouette matches for over twenty years and for the first year or two I competed solely with a 10" Contender chambered in 7mmTCU and noticed my .223 cases would neck split after two or three firings and was told that I needed to start annealing the necks. Didn't want to spend the $$ for a factory made annealing machine and was told by a couple of old timers in the sport that I didn't need one and that all I had to do was hold the cases between my bare thumb and forefinger and spin them while holding a propane torch in the other hand and drop them in a can (no water). I'd read that you could over anneal cases and I ask one fella how will I know if I'm annealing them too much and he said, "trust me boy you'll drop them hot cases long before you over anneal them". :) Started annealing and there is no telling how many reloads I got out of my brass afterwards. [/QUOTE]

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