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What frequency of Annealing for best case life and consisitent accuracy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Buckskinner" data-source="post: 1352898" data-attributes="member: 99929"><p>You need to be careful about getting information on annealing from forums, there is so much misinformation that is will make your head spin.</p><p></p><p>Such as cold brass takes about 4 seconds to anneal. - Extremely misleading...Time would be dictated by temperature where hitting the brass and individual piece, not to mention differing calibers....</p><p></p><p>Such as quenching brass hardens it. Not true, working brass is the only way to harden it. Quenching stops the annealing process from migrating down the body. Although unless you over-anneal the neck the heat source is removed and migration is stopped. I can see it both way and do not quench, but fact is that quenching does not harden the brass. Quench away if you like or if you are making a knife...</p><p></p><p>Back to your question, annealing frequency would be dependent upon your rifle/reloading practices. If you are full sizing with standard rifle/standard dies, your 3-4 firings may be necessary. If you neck size and have a close neck/die "relationship", I've heard of 30+ firings between annealing (Mikecr)...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckskinner, post: 1352898, member: 99929"] You need to be careful about getting information on annealing from forums, there is so much misinformation that is will make your head spin. Such as cold brass takes about 4 seconds to anneal. - Extremely misleading...Time would be dictated by temperature where hitting the brass and individual piece, not to mention differing calibers.... Such as quenching brass hardens it. Not true, working brass is the only way to harden it. Quenching stops the annealing process from migrating down the body. Although unless you over-anneal the neck the heat source is removed and migration is stopped. I can see it both way and do not quench, but fact is that quenching does not harden the brass. Quench away if you like or if you are making a knife... Back to your question, annealing frequency would be dependent upon your rifle/reloading practices. If you are full sizing with standard rifle/standard dies, your 3-4 firings may be necessary. If you neck size and have a close neck/die "relationship", I've heard of 30+ firings between annealing (Mikecr)... [/QUOTE]
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