Annealing-What temp?

I am going to be doing some testing and I am going to order a few temperature indicating items, either laquer or a wax type pen.

I just need to know what temperature annealing brass occurs so I can run a bead ot the sensing agent down the side of a case to make sure there isn't too much heat making it to far down the case when testing a new idea.

Hornady sells a kit that says 475 degrees on it for $50 or so dollars. I can get the same laquer for $14 but I just want to make sure I get the right temp.

Here is the cheaper laquer methods from McMaster-Carr.

Thanks
Dolomite

i have a video link to ammosmith where he says just heat to a dull blue, not a cherry red. dont know that he mentions the exact temp.. here is the link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRdJ...om=PL&index=38

I am buying the temp sensitive paint to determine the temp in an area that can't be seen when it is being heated. I have a pretty good grasp on annealing but what I need now is the temp at which brass is annealed.

Thanks
Dolomite

I found these articles on 6mmbr.com. They have some info on annealing temperatures.


http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

http://www.gun-tests.com/performance/jun96cases.html

When annealing, would it be best to process brass before resizing or after? I have several hundred winchester .223 cases that have been loaded 5-6 times and trimmed probably once since I've been neck sizing them. I'd like to get the most life from these cases as possible.

I am just starting to get my feet wet in this annealing business. Just ordered a Ken Light Annealer. From what I have read the sequence is as follows: Tumble, anneal, re-size.
Charlie