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Anealing--when do you do it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 84320" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>Neck turning or trimming has nothing to do with annealing. It's about elasticity. As you use the brass it work hardens and will fracture as it get flexed from sizing or firing. Annealing softens it back up so it will flex again. If I'm dead set on using used brass to wildcat I like to anneal before I blow the shoulders out. Otherwise I only do it when the necks start splitting. That tells me they are getting brittle. This is not a problem with my Lee Collet dies. They work the brass very little so now I only retire brass that won't hold a new primmer or the head gets to big to fit in the shellholder anymore. For me this doen't happen until I get up near 20 shots on it. I did get a batch of 500 super brittle 22-250 Remington brass that split 3 out of 5 necks on the first firing. I'm just jacking those on the ground now and will buy new once they are gone. I want to switch it over to Winchester brass anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 84320, member: 1290"] Neck turning or trimming has nothing to do with annealing. It's about elasticity. As you use the brass it work hardens and will fracture as it get flexed from sizing or firing. Annealing softens it back up so it will flex again. If I'm dead set on using used brass to wildcat I like to anneal before I blow the shoulders out. Otherwise I only do it when the necks start splitting. That tells me they are getting brittle. This is not a problem with my Lee Collet dies. They work the brass very little so now I only retire brass that won't hold a new primmer or the head gets to big to fit in the shellholder anymore. For me this doen't happen until I get up near 20 shots on it. I did get a batch of 500 super brittle 22-250 Remington brass that split 3 out of 5 necks on the first firing. I'm just jacking those on the ground now and will buy new once they are gone. I want to switch it over to Winchester brass anyway. [/QUOTE]
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