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Larry Elliott
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If I had the $370 asking price I'd snap one up. That's the only problem for me.... 
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amamnn
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Induction annealing works quite well except............
Rather than start another thread I thought I would make this inquiry on this old one.
For the past 4 or 5 months I have been using the same induction heater that the gentleman (known as gearhearpyro in a reference URL) was touting as a great tool for annealing brass.
Gerahead is s very nice and sincere individual who hopes to bring to induction annealing the same sort of automation that Ken Light brought to flame annealing. I have to say that after several e-mails back and forth between me and GHP, he told me that he had not had any practical experience in annealing rifle brass before buying this tool. The tool is by the way, sold by Induction Innovations as the Mini Inductor, and can be had for a lot less than the 370.00 mentioned in one of the other references.
Experience or not, GHP posted a picture of a rifle case that was obviously annealed equally on the inside and outside--something that solves, what for me and at least a few others, a long standing problem with flame annealing, especially annealing done with propane.
So-- to get to the point at long last-- I am wondering if anyone else posting on this forum has been experimenting with this tool. I have been very impressed with it for annealing almost everything I shoot--including pistol cases--except the .22, 6mm, and .30 Br cases. I don't shoot PPC anymore, but I would not be surprised if those cases were as hard to anneal as the 6BR using the tool since the .234 WSSM does not seem to respond well for me either. In short, I am having problems annealing the short fat cases. I would love to compare notes with anyone who has wound a probe to a very tight diameter to try to do these cases. I have not tried it yet, not wanting to ruin a probe.
Rather than start another thread I thought I would make this inquiry on this old one.
For the past 4 or 5 months I have been using the same induction heater that the gentleman (known as gearhearpyro in a reference URL) was touting as a great tool for annealing brass.
Gerahead is s very nice and sincere individual who hopes to bring to induction annealing the same sort of automation that Ken Light brought to flame annealing. I have to say that after several e-mails back and forth between me and GHP, he told me that he had not had any practical experience in annealing rifle brass before buying this tool. The tool is by the way, sold by Induction Innovations as the Mini Inductor, and can be had for a lot less than the 370.00 mentioned in one of the other references.
Experience or not, GHP posted a picture of a rifle case that was obviously annealed equally on the inside and outside--something that solves, what for me and at least a few others, a long standing problem with flame annealing, especially annealing done with propane.
So-- to get to the point at long last-- I am wondering if anyone else posting on this forum has been experimenting with this tool. I have been very impressed with it for annealing almost everything I shoot--including pistol cases--except the .22, 6mm, and .30 Br cases. I don't shoot PPC anymore, but I would not be surprised if those cases were as hard to anneal as the 6BR using the tool since the .234 WSSM does not seem to respond well for me either. In short, I am having problems annealing the short fat cases. I would love to compare notes with anyone who has wound a probe to a very tight diameter to try to do these cases. I have not tried it yet, not wanting to ruin a probe.