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Annealing? How do YOU do it? How often?
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<blockquote data-quote="rooster721" data-source="post: 2677408" data-attributes="member: 40654"><p>Bench Source annealer for me, timed initially per-case & caliber with heat paint, recorded and then annealed for every firing. Years & years ago (faced with less than perfect brass in a favourite caliber) I personally started annealing and also neck turning to bring consistency to my bullet seats and neck tensions. Group size decreased & accuracy increased (dramatically) plus brass life itself more than doubled too. Annealing is a no brainer for serious long range handloading, and is even more so when your calibers brass is of a lesser brand where consistency within the cases themselves is poor to begin with. </p><p></p><p>Brass imperfections can be corrected greatly, and even very poor brass be made to shoot extremely repeatably, but it takes an effort. I believe alot of the guys headaches with the LRM's that fills thread upon thread on this site with frustrations can probably be fixed up with heavy brass prep like I mention, but it's a topic almost on its own. Point is, if anyones read through those threads, the OP's topic here on annealing would be the first step in litigating those guys' frustrations with loading the LRM caliber. </p><p></p><p>Either way.. bench source, every firing, and strictly for repeatability load to load for me. Inconsistency is a killer in the LR game. Here's a picture of a half-batch of Lazzeroni Firebird 7mm I did this afternoon... freshly cleaned & annealed, they always look like a million bucks! Smile every time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rooster721, post: 2677408, member: 40654"] Bench Source annealer for me, timed initially per-case & caliber with heat paint, recorded and then annealed for every firing. Years & years ago (faced with less than perfect brass in a favourite caliber) I personally started annealing and also neck turning to bring consistency to my bullet seats and neck tensions. Group size decreased & accuracy increased (dramatically) plus brass life itself more than doubled too. Annealing is a no brainer for serious long range handloading, and is even more so when your calibers brass is of a lesser brand where consistency within the cases themselves is poor to begin with. Brass imperfections can be corrected greatly, and even very poor brass be made to shoot extremely repeatably, but it takes an effort. I believe alot of the guys headaches with the LRM's that fills thread upon thread on this site with frustrations can probably be fixed up with heavy brass prep like I mention, but it's a topic almost on its own. Point is, if anyones read through those threads, the OP's topic here on annealing would be the first step in litigating those guys' frustrations with loading the LRM caliber. Either way.. bench source, every firing, and strictly for repeatability load to load for me. Inconsistency is a killer in the LR game. Here's a picture of a half-batch of Lazzeroni Firebird 7mm I did this afternoon... freshly cleaned & annealed, they always look like a million bucks! Smile every time. [/QUOTE]
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