It might. I have some Hornady 204 here also, but I had to buy loaded ammo to get it. I'll be reloading it shortly. It can't be that bad.
Been trying to get an RFD to order me 100 rounds of Norma ammo, just so I can shoot it and save the brass.
The Hornady factory is shooting under half an inch, so not bad at all.
if they had them in stock i would buy 500 but unfortunatley they dont think they will be getting any for the foreseeable future
Been reforming Hornady 204 brass down to 17 Rem without annealing - no splits, forms without issue. I think what you have been told is 'crap'!hello, I've been offered a load of hornady 204 brass, I'm told that this is crap for reloading because it is to hard and brittle, would anealing it make it useable and last longer? thanks
Have you tried going from 223 to 17 Joe? If so with what results? As 223 cases are relatively cheap this would seem the route to go
I would say it might help. I have done it in the past but it's not very easy to get a consistent heating of the cases with a flame. How do you go about it J0e_bl0ggs?
Is this fallout from the Yanks going nuts in Cabelas and Wal-mart?
Hi Joe.
I watched your video clip - great set up!
But I can't see any water in the bath, so unless this is just a demo for the vid, you are not annealing, but wasting gas and electricity.
I stand corrected and thank you.
My training included quenching - but there was also an element of pickling in the bath.
That did not stop me from using a water quench on each and every on of the thousands of cases I have annealed in the last 40 years or so!
On reflection, I'm going to continue quenching.
I'm used to it and can be fairly certain that annealing too far down the case is stopped.
I am however inspired to make a gadget like the OP and if that becomes part of my kit, I can stop quenching.
Joe B - are you saying that standing the cases in water up to the neck does not get the brass wet?