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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
The other interesting note: I cycle through a very small number of cases; I should mark each case and record the velocity

Thanks for sharing your results! You may find that particular cases are fast/slow. I usually have a sharpie handy and if a shot goes wild I can mark the case. I've found a few bad cases this way, and it turned out later that they were significantly heavier than cases from the same batch. Think some of the benchrest and F-class guys do this because they have time to make notes as they shoot.

Since you are already logging a lot of data, you could number your cases and log that too. A pattern might become evident. The big cases have lots of room to write too. Some of my 338/300RUM cases have a variety of notes on them...

AnotherAZWriter,

One year after the purchase are you still happy with the Annealing Made Perfect unit?

I am thinking about Giraud Unit with the induction heater or perhaps the AMP unit.

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Originally posted by jpl:
The amp is air cooled, but you have to attach and invert each case with a particular bushing. Personally I like the drop thru coil types. You can see the neck as it anneals, and then the case drops out the bottom of the coil and you drop the next one in from the top.

Here is a video of what I'm talking about. It shows a completely manual process that is quick and repeatable:

https://vimeo.com/279384452

...and yes I know the cases are too hot. This is intentional so that it would show up in the video. My camera doesn't work well in low light.

My temperature controlled annealer uses a slightly different case holder that is a bit quicker than the video, yet still manual feed.

jpl,

That is pretty neat.

I like Doug's setup with the Fluxeon induction unit. Notice the timer on the heating unit, it can be set to .1 of a second for consistent results.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL4eNCgm-C8

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Originally posted by MikeBurke:
AnotherAZWriter,

One year after the purchase are you still happy with the Annealing Made Perfect unit?

I am thinking about Giraud Unit with the induction heater or perhaps the AMP unit.

I am happy with it. It is super fast and apparently consistent. They recently released new software that allows you to identify the perfect annealing program for that caliber/brand of brass (they have a huge catalog but don't have the 6mm Hagar, for example). It does destroy that one piece of brass, but a small price to pay.

I won't say the AMP fixes all velocity ES issues; some loads still see a 30 - 40 ES, but my Savage Lapua has to be seen to be believed - 95 percent of my shots fall between 2750 and 2759 fps. It has never exceeded 2775 or gone below 2741.

Thanks for the update.

So has anyone considered going commercial and take outside work? If so let me know, I have some old brass Federal brass that's twice shot and separating!! in a Savage 99...WW will last four or five loadings in a 99..Same with most lever guns..

Separating as in the above the rim? If so, that is a headspace issue, not an annealing issue. Do you know how far back you are pushing the shoulders?