Soft Brass for Sideplate needed

[Rebel bull]

I always just let it air cool. I guess quenching is for the impatient

as a trained jeweler and as a brass line operator (made all those shiney brass suppository's that go into your unmentionable rifle's breech for one of the big 3 manufacturers ) we always quenched to get it soft enough to work with without stress cracks ....I guess we did this extra step unnecessarily ?

 

[longcruise]

...I guess we did this extra step unnecessarily ?

More likely it was done to keep production moving along?

 

[BadDaditood]

I always quench brass because after annealing I turn off the torch, take off my gloves and Always seem to pick up the piece I just torched…

 

[IanH]

as a trained jeweler and as a brass line operator (made all those shiney brass suppository's that go into your unmentionable rifle's breech for one of the big 3 manufacturers ) we always quenched to get it soft enough to work with without stress cracks ....I guess we did this extra step unnecessarily ?

Metallurgically speaking, yes.