Left some brass drying in the oven. Will that harm the brass

[Linko]

After wet tumbling I left a batch of brass in the oven for 1/2 hour . I usually just have it in there 10 min , it got hot. I threw a batch in after dinner was cooked. Oven was off but it was still hot from dinner. Will this harm the brass?

 

[Sniper338]

No... when you anneal brass it takes 650 degrees or so.... i usually dry brass in the oven at 200 degrees for a half hour or and hour... never hurt mine..

 

[amlevin]

I quit using the oven to dry brass after I found out it turned it an ugly shade of orange.


Now I just clean the brass in SS Pins, rinse, shake in a towel, and then anneal. Annealing gets the brass dry right quick. Two tasks accomplished at the same time.

 

[CatShooter]

I quit using the oven to dry brass after I found out it turned it an ugly shade of orange.


Now I just clean the brass in SS Pins, rinse, shake in a towel, and then anneal. Annealing gets the brass dry right quick. Two tasks accomplished at the same time.

Mine come out looking sparklie bright.

If the are washed clean, and the temps are not higher than 250-ish, they are fine. I usually run the temps at 190/200 for an hour - the oven shuts off by itself.

 

[searcher]

I'm back to dry tumbling but when I need to wash oil and neck-turning lube residue off the cases after reforming, etc., I'll still sonic clean - but then do as Amlevin does - anneal. Cases are all dried out and no wasted time.

 

[dcali]

Unless you had it cranked to self-clean, a half hour won't do anything. The one hour annealing temperature for brass is in the 600-700 degree range.

 

[thefitter]

I think the answer to this question should be a sticky.

 

[myownman]

I was drying some brass in the oven recently. I put them in the oven late in the evening. When I got up for work the next morning I noticed the oven was warm. Lol. I only had them at 175. Everything seems fine.

 

[FatBoy]

Back when I first started shooting 6.5x284 brass was hard to come by. My smith, seeing I was having a problem, sent me 200 once fired Norma cases for free. (This guy is famous now, and for good reason) I was tickled sh!tless.

Cleaned them and dried them in the oven on 200, then forgot them. A week later the Mrs. was going to bake something and turned the oven on to like 450 without looking. I start to smell this real metallic smell out in the living room and it hits me. I yanked the tray out but it was too late. The brass was bluish (looked case hardened) all the way to the case head. Could I have shot it? Maybe, but I would have never trusted it.

I tumble dry now.

 

[comagutsa]

i only put them in the oven for about 15 mins at 60 degrees C and they come out dry every time and



i'd say yours would be fine if the oven was off so they normally cool down quickly

 

[Catfur]

Your brass is now completely ruined. Send it to me and I will ensure it gets properly disposed of, no charge.

 

[357Mag]

Linko -

Howdy !

Stand them up on a screen, and use a hair dryer on them. Works for me.


With regards,
357Mag