Thread: Ugly Annealer

Here's some comparisons -

Ugly - pretty hard to tell exactly but timing his video it was 9secs/case, 400/hour. Bit hard to tell whether the video was showing it fully set up or just running a demo. Appeared to be 308W.

Benchsource (Twin burner) - only example I timed was 284W at 460/hour. Benchsource should be quicker being twin burner but it's changeover time on the carousel is slightly slower than the Ugly. So the twin burner advantage it gains over the Ugly is lost a bit. Also you can only get some many on the carousel whereas the Ugly hopper is huge.

AMP - 223R ~ 500 to 530/hour, 6mm BR ~ 445/hour, 6.5x47L ~ 425/hour, 7.5X55SR ~ 340/hour, 308W ~ 360/hour.

It should be pointed out that with the AMP you're working your arse off to maintain a high throughput and its also boring as.

If you desire gas annealing I still think the Ugly represents good value.
Should give more consistant results than manual gas methods. The issue with gas though it getting the burners set the same each time. If using small bottles there is a drop off as they near empty. And it's a pain using Tempilac each session. I gave up using Tempilac early on and relied on eye, not the greatest method.

Depends upon your annealing needs. If you're just wanting to extend case life a rough gas process will do. If your anal about neck tension induction is where it's at.