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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Resizing, before or after annealing
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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 2419456" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>The expanding mandrel is such a small amount of work to the brass. </p><p>So annealing after FL sizing, in my opinion, gives truer soft necks. Very little brass work after the annealing process. So good consistent neck tension. </p><p></p><p>Just my process. </p><p></p><p>And again, I anneal every firing. So even though I am FL sizing before I anneal, it is realistically only 3 steps after annealing (fire, tumble, FL size), but bullet seating is 1 step after annealing. Less than someone who anneals every other, or every third firing. </p><p>Annealing before FL sizing is 3 steps before bullet seating. Anneal, FL size, tumble, mandrel, seat bullet.</p><p></p><p>I think as long as you anneal every firing, the order is less important. But I do think annealing every firing is important for consistent loads. Leave out any step, and things change each firing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 2419456, member: 68875"] The expanding mandrel is such a small amount of work to the brass. So annealing after FL sizing, in my opinion, gives truer soft necks. Very little brass work after the annealing process. So good consistent neck tension. Just my process. And again, I anneal every firing. So even though I am FL sizing before I anneal, it is realistically only 3 steps after annealing (fire, tumble, FL size), but bullet seating is 1 step after annealing. Less than someone who anneals every other, or every third firing. Annealing before FL sizing is 3 steps before bullet seating. Anneal, FL size, tumble, mandrel, seat bullet. I think as long as you anneal every firing, the order is less important. But I do think annealing every firing is important for consistent loads. Leave out any step, and things change each firing. [/QUOTE]
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