Oven drying brass

[ndayton]

I dry my brass in my oven, typically set to about 160-180 degrees F and let it sit for about 15-20min and have had no issues doing so. That is until the other day I put the brass in the oven and completely forgot about it and they baked in there for about 3-4 hours.

My question is I know this is well below the temp to anneal brass, but have I caused any other possible issues leaving it in the oven that long or is it fine and I should just go shoot it.

Thanks

 

[nhyrum]

It will be fine. Since it's well below the annealing temp, the brass is still fine. I often leave mine in the oven for 2 hours or more

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[35WhelenAI]

It probably would get that hot in the oft talked about "leaving it on the truck dash in the sun". No harm done, IMO.

 

[bpotter]

The micro wave would be a much higher risk option.

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[35WhelenAI]

The micro wave would be a much higher risk option.

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Lol!

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Been there....never had an issues. I switched to the shoe drying shelf in the dryer...its got a timer....lol

 

[balkodd]

I do the same thing. Run it on convection mode too. Seems to dry everything more evenly.

 

[coast range]

Dehydrator should work right?


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[Redwood]

I set the bake timer so oven turns off or I know I would forget about it. Even that isn't perfect though. Wife didn't know brass was in there one morning and preheated the oven to 400. I did load some test rounds and doesn't seem to have done anything to it but still leery about using it for hunting purposes.

 

[Tberg]

Dehydrator should work right?


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Rodger That

 

[Blmpet]

I rinse my brass in 99% isopropyl alcohol, used this alcohol when I worked in the semiconductor industry, it absorbs water and evaporates completely.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Stupid question guys… why are you drying brass? Are you getting rid of case lube or something?

 

[Mike D Texas]

Stupid question guys… why are you drying brass? Are you getting rid of case lube or something?

Most likely he is wet tumbling his brass.


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[Sccritterkiller]

Stupid question guys… why are you drying brass? Are you getting rid of case lube or something?

I wet tumble then use UT cleaner to removed case lube.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

I wet tumble then use UT cleaner to removed case lube.

Gotcha, thank you for confirming