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45YearsShooting · October 2, 2012, 07:25 PM

>>The water level is adjusted up or down to have the proper amount of case above the water level, when the case neck and shoulder get up to temp I just tip the case over into the water for the quench.<<

Wouldn't quenching the hot case neck in water make the brass harder by tempering it, the opposite of what you are trying to achieve?

October 2, 2012, 07:25 PM	#15
45YearsShooting Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 105	>>The water level is adjusted up or down to have the proper amount of case above the water level, when the case neck and shoulder get up to temp I just tip the case over into the water for the quench.<< Wouldn't quenching the hot case neck in water make the brass harder by tempering it, the opposite of what you are trying to achieve?