Great thread gents,
I annealed some work hardened .308 cases last night. For a case spinner I used a Brownells Replaceable Pin Punch. The case slides over a 2" pin and rests against the pin chuck. Spins like a dream in the flame. I used the .060" pin (#080-507-260 $8.58). The pins also come in .039" (Too skinny) and .091" (Too fat). Working at a comfortable steady pace I was doing one case every 15 seconds. My girlfriend was laughing about me standing at the altar of reloading in the dark. Of course, she did the average time study without me asking.

Annealing standard length or magnum cases is no big deal, but I got tired of burning my fingers annealing brass cases that are short to begin with. I now use a couple of Lee accessories for chucking the cases into my cordless drill. One part is the shell holder from a Lee case trimmer, and the other is a stud that threads into the shell holder (I don't even remember what it was designed for). The stud chucks up real nice. No more BBQ'd fingertips. I've only got one Lee die set, and I don't use the Lee case trimmer, but the combination of these two accessory pieces designed for different functions work great together for this purpose.

It was a handy thing in the big depression and during WW2 when ammo was scarce or unobtainalbe, but today with a 100 rounds bulk for little or nothing I see the need no more..

I see that you can buy 1000 mil. once fired, primer pocket reamed, trimmed, tumbled and ready to load in .308 for $89.00...thats takes away my desire to make brass last..unless its a rare round or very expensive stuff I will pass on that process...but when I do I use Arts method and drop them in a bucket..

I like using a bread pan.. water up about 2/3 of the way, and mapp gas... get them hot, tump (southern word) them over... 20 or 30 at a time, work done

jeffe

Art's method works great. I have some match preped federal brass for my 300WM and they were getting harder to size so I got out my propane torch and my drill with shell holder. I personally only hold my cases in the flame for 6 seconds since many guys say once the brass turns red the case is too soft. Don't know though since I haven't kept them in the flame for longer than 6 seconds. Anyway, the method is quick and it made a visible difference. I personally wouldn't do it until after 3 firings though. No point.