3071fps is exactly a light load, but it also is hot by any means. Likely somewhere slightly over the moderate level.I bet you run your Dasher at “moderate”speed.Some of us with heavy feet don’t get near the mileage out of our Dasher primer pockets.
Yes. I watched it. I didn't see where he did a followup showing how they shot though. However, that video does suggest to me that minimum time (adequate annealing) is important but that over annealing is not very critical. So in the examples he used 10 secs vs 5 secs should never be an issue as 20 seemed to seat the same. I have a post separately where I mention this as well as this other article that more clearly shows that going beyond the minimally/optimal annealing point doesn't matter a lot till you're closer to melting the brass. But I wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking some shooters' experiences where a medium range of error in temp and/or length of time in annealing (on the over side) was irrelevant.
When thinking about annealing, one needs to keep in mind the relationship annealing has with both temperature and time . . . and even the mass of brass being heated. When talking about a gas flame, how hot the flame is varies depending on the setting and where the brass is placed in the flame. The amount of annealing is a function of temperature and time, so saying something like 5, 6 or 8 seconds doesn't really say anything about how much of the annealing process is being done. With a constant and particular flame temperature, a 223 case with their thin neck walls will heat up much faster than something like a 338 case with thicker neck walls. It's a very similar issue with induction annealing and why AMP annealers use different code settings for different brass.
50 firings is extremely impressive. You are clearly doing something right. Keep up the good work. I don’t shoot 30BR and I don’t know what the average brass life is for this round, but I feel ANY round you can get 20+ firings out of a piece of brass is doing extremely well, especially if those pieces are still shooting competitively.
This is why I started. 22-250 Lapua brass, 4th firing. Using a lee collet die, and couldn't adjust it small enough. It was either anneal, buy a new bushing die, or trash the expensive and hard to find cases.
To each their own. If you are happy with what you are doing and your scoring reflects that, I say your are good. Personally, I have to see the value of doing any extra processes on the target and prove it to myself. To me, the difference between 5x fired brass without any annealing vs 5x fired brass that were annealed after each firing, was very easy to see on the target. In fact, at 600 yards it was worth 2.5 points per 200 point round (over 3 relays shot both ways on the same day, both started from a fully cleaned bore).
I have never go to a match with a fully cleaned bore! have to try that one day.
You should. Works great. Nothing more predictable than a fully cleaned barrel after 2-3 foulers.
Slick. I need you to make me one of those auto feeders. That is really nice. I don’t have the microprocessor knowledge to pull that off.
me neither, luckily the fine folks at amp make one for the low price of $450 (dillon case feeder not included).
shop.ampannealing.com
Very impressive piece of equipment.
