I use one. It works quite well.

 

If you use Tempilaq for the temperature indicator McMaster-Carr has it a whole lot cheaper with shipping than most of the annealing places.

 

That is a nice tool!!! I have annealed cases the same way for 55 years and it has worked very well. Take a socket the size of the body of the case and spin it slowly with an electric drill and heat the case neck and shoulder to the color coded chart. Dump the case out of the socket and repeat. I used some cases that I have been shooting for 40+ years and they are still in excellent shape shooting the same load that I used when I first started shooting them. When a case gets to the point that it is a little hard to size, I anneal the whole lot and start all over again.

 

Jon, when you get done testing it, be sure to give a review. It looks good, and if your review is good, I'll snag one!

Jack

 

If you have a lot of cases to anneal something to speed the process is nice.

Most common for me is to anneal properly vetted 556 range pickup brass if speaking of large quantities.

The way Flat Top suggests still works well and I of course had to do something similar in the past and still do it that way regularly.

 

I know several people with a burst fire. Nothing but positive things to say.

 

I have the one from EP INTEGRATIONS. I am happy with it. I would like a brass hopper, but it works well as is. I may try to get a better way to mount the torch. Cost is around $225. I like the fact I can run almost any brass without needing different shell holders.

I ran 25-20, 219 Zipper and 45ACP so far. There were no problems.

link to demo.

There are several DIY machines on YouTube. They list the parts and where to get them.

 

I was considering this model

Burstfire 2 in 1 Brass Case Torch Annealer & Case Prep Center

BURSTFIRE - Gen 2 - 2 in 1 Annealer & Case Prep Center (torch & hose included) Download owners manual here: Owners Manual Introducing, industry first, the original Burstfire, 2-in-1 Brass Case Annealing Machine and Case Prep Center! Improve and Automate the process of brass case annealing...

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That's the one I pictured.

 

Doh! I was multitasking. Great minds think alike

 

I bought one a couple of months ago, but haven't set it up yet. Shouldn't be long, now that the weather has warmed up some so it's not too uncomfortable to work in the outbuildings.

 

I reload and shoot 22 TCM and once I bought an annealer I haven't lost a case to split neck, it also helped with the forming of 25-20 from 32-20,