Guns and Ammo Thread

[Beetlegeuse]

... There are so many factors, but Above 2100 F ( I am referring to time based exposure) you start to see structure changes in the metal matrix which results in an “over temp” condition and deems the part non usuable. ..

In a previous life I ran tech control and QC on a carburizing and carbo-nitriding operation in a manufacturing plant so I grok Spock ...



... and metal matrices.


Which is why I have arguments without end with reloaders who insist that what they're doing to their brass is "annealing" it.

[almostgone]

In a previous life I ran tech control and QC on a carburizing and carbo-nitriding operation in a manufacturing plant so I grok Spock ...



... and metal matrices.


Which is why I have arguments without end with reloaders who insist that what they're doing to their brass is "annealing" it.

...more like work hardening it they way some of them overcrimp.