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Sincerely,

Hobie

Try this for info: http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

You could also try google on annealing cases

Buy a Bench Source annealer???
Send to DJ's brass service. I'll find a link and post shortly. He does good work at a reasonable price.

If you want to do it yourself and then have a setup for future use,
Get a Variable speed drill that can be locked in a slow speed with a deepwell socket just big enough for the case to slide in and out freely. Build an "A" frame jig to lay drill in on one side and the torch on the other. You need to be able to adjust the drill and torch up/down to get it the correct distance from the brass.
You want the inter blue flame 1/4-1/2" away from the neck/shoulder junction.

You want to do this in an almost dark room. Just enough light to see what you are doing.
Start drill, apply heat till the case mouth just starts to change color. You don't want glowing red!!!! Just starting to turn red.
Just as it starts to turn red, dump case out in a tray or something so it dosen't roll away. DON'T DUMP IN WATER, you case will bend like a bananna.
Your looking at somewhere around 5-6 seconds in the flame with a large case. If it takes much longer, get tip closer. If you get in to the 8-9 second range you can heat the base of the case to high. The quicker it heats up the better. You don't want the base to get over 400*. Thats what Bench Source says anyway.
You can buy some Templaque(sp) if you want to, but for me it was a waste of $45.

Now you have a setup and can do most any brass in the future for you and all of your friends.................

You could send them to me, but I don't know if they will get here and I can get them done and back out before I leave headed west in 10 days.

After typing the above, I would say send it to DJ's if it's not something you think you will be doing often.

Keep It Simple....
Stand the case a pan of water with depth enough for the water to cover the area that is not to be annealed. The part sticking out of the water can be heated with a propane torch to a glow. Lowering the lighting of the room helps you see the glow. This does not take long nor is there a need to over think it. Heat to a glow, then tip the case over in the water. It will even anneal if you leave them to air cool as the water acts as a heat sink and will cool the heated part in short order. That is about all there is to it. If you want to be exacting about the temp, there is a product sold by midway that you can use. It is called Tempilaq (450* for $21.49). It can be found in welding supply stores sometimes also. It comes in temp ranges for about four to seven hundred degrees. You paint it on a small area of the case above the water line and it will change to the appropriate color when the desired heat is reached. Hornady uses 475* Tempilaq in their annealing kit sold by Sinclair with three(small, medium, and large) case holders in the neighborhood of $35. The holder is put into a drill then the case goes into the holder. The case is spun as the heat is applied to the neck area treated with Tempilaq. When the temperature is reached the Tempilaq turns color and you know you have reached the temperature it was designed for. The case is then removed and placed where the kit instructs. Good luck.

I had previously run the Google traps and found a dozen different methods with nearly every one stating that all the other methods were bunk. Now I see that folks here have used one or another of these so they all apparently work. So, armed with this knowledge, I'll pick out some of the cheap cases and give it a whirl. See if we can master the technique before ruining the expensive brass.

Thanks again!