How often to anneal cases?

Maple57 said:
Keep in mind that annealing for too long will permanently soften the brass.

The same can be said for annealing too frequently.

Just make sure the amount of softening is appropriate to the frequency of your efforts.
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Please explain your thoughts here.
 
I have about 1600-1800 Lapua cases. So it might take a year or 2 to get through the whole lot. My match barrels last about 4500-5000 rounds before I spin on a new barrel. This batch of brass has gone through at least 6 barrels. I only started annealing a couple years ago and anneal every second firing. Of all these cases I have probably lose less than 10 cases to split necks and less than 50 to loose primer pockets. I don't overly resize my brass. I use a bushing die and bump the shoulder back .002"
 
BattleRife said:
I've tried to watch a few of his videos, especially the annealing ones. I don't know I've ever seen someone use so many words to say so little. And anything he does say he's just repeating or explaining data from somewhere else, I've not seen him generate any data or findings of his own.
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so long as it is true, I don.t care where it comes from.
 
maynard said:
I have about 1600-1800 Lapua cases. So it might take a year or 2 to get through the whole lot. My match barrels last about 4500-5000 rounds before I spin on a new barrel. This batch of brass has gone through at least 6 barrels. I only started annealing a couple years ago and anneal every second firing. Of all these cases I have probably lose less than 10 cases to split necks and less than 50 to loose primer pockets. I don't overly resize my brass. I use a bushing die and bump the shoulder back .002"
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Maynard have you found an increase in accuracy or just case life?
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1-trident-1 said:
so long as it is true, I don.t care where it comes from.
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As there is so much unsupported and contradictory information in the field of annealing for reloaders, if Reese on the Range hasn't done any of his own work, how does he (or you, or anyone else) know the information he has chosen to present is in fact, correct?
 
Every reloaders goal should be to make the most consistent ammo, and that comes from having a consistent and repeatable process.

If you are going to anneal, than anneal after every firing. Keep things consistent from load to load.
 
maynard said:
I have about 1600-1800 Lapua cases. So it might take a year or 2 to get through the whole lot. My match barrels last about 4500-5000 rounds before I spin on a new barrel. This batch of brass has gone through at least 6 barrels. I only started annealing a couple years ago and anneal every second firing. Of all these cases I have probably lose less than 10 cases to split necks and less than 50 to loose primer pockets. I don't overly resize my brass. I use a bushing die and bump the shoulder back .002"
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Buy the correct equipment and it won't take long
 
I have annealed about 800 cases so far. Accuracy remains the same, but more consistency ( pressure) can be felt when seating bullets. Using Lapua brass in .223 Rem., 308 Win., 6.5 Grendel. Using a AMP machine.
 
I think people generally overthink this.
I have had good case life, and my best groupings when I started annealing.
I flame anneal, 5 seconds, stop just before the case mouth flame changes color.
Use a metronome app for time, and I slide a drill with a socket up to a stopper with dual torch heads on a 20lb bottle.
I also anneal every firing, does not take very long at all.
Everything is screwed to my work bench as to make it repeatable. ( or as close as I can without buying an AMP )
 
It all depends. If you just neck size you can get away with annealing every 4th reload and then anneal and full length size. 6.5-284 norma with Lapua brass.
It also depends on the brass manufacturer. Hornady every time, winchester every 2nd firing and Lapua every 4th firing.
This is what worked for me and your results may vary.
 
tigrr said:
It all depends. If you just neck size you can get away with annealing every 4th reload and then anneal and full length size. 6.5-284 norma with Lapua brass.
It also depends on the brass manufacturer. Hornady every time, winchester every 2nd firing and Lapua every 4th firing.
This is what worked for me and your results may vary.
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If you’re only neck sizing, you’re not worried about accuracy or precision. If you’re only annealing every 4th firing, YOUR results WILL vary.
 
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tigrr :View Post
It all depends. If you just neck size you can get away with annealing every 4th reload and then anneal and full length size. 6.5-284 norma with Lapua brass.
It also depends on the brass manufacturer. Hornady every time, winchester every 2nd firing and Lapua every 4th firing.
This is what worked for me and your results may vary.

Tokay444 :
If you’re only neck sizing, you’re not worried about accuracy or precision. If you’re only annealing every 4th firing, YOUR results WILL vary.

Hmmm ! :popCorn: :p RJ
 
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