ORIGINAL: DM
The reason i don't do it any differently "now", is because what i'm doing "now" works, and has been working since the 60's... Why change for the sake of change???
Have all of you guys let the air out of your car/truck tires???? Air isn't the "in" thing these days, don't you know you now you have to fill your tires with nitrogen!
Same difference...
DM
Because obviously all of our ways have worked. My way works, you say your way works. fguffey says his way works.
"works", is a relative term. What you say "works" may not work good enough for me. Or my "works", may not work up to snuff for you.
IMO, your way is just stress reducing, which does help. But your happy, and I am happy, and that is what matters. Right.
I am sure not discounting your way, but after digging into the subject deeply in the past with several people with a whole lot of experience, some metalurgist, I have come to understand if you get your neck to 500F, your doing nothing with your method. No harm either. If you are getting your necks to 800F, you are oversoftening the brass.You probably won't get cracks however either.But I find consistency is key to reloading. With all the water around your cartridge, it acts like a heat sink, and its very difficult to get a neck to 660F. Good news is your probably not doing harm. I have tried the water method and have used the tempilaq paint to see what is actually happening, and its difficult to get the neck to 660F.
I don't expect you to change your way of doing it DM.