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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
45-70 anneal or not to anneal?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1666872" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>From my experiences with the 45-70 shooting black powder/cast and smokeless/jacketed, IMO, annealing helps for different reasons with each. With the higher pressures/recoil in tube fed lever rifles using smokeless, a tight fit and heavy crimp avoids bullet set-back and inconsistent pressures(accuracy). Annealing helps to maintain tension as brass is re-worked. With black powder/cast, while there might be some advantage to accuracy, cases are frequently used for 20+ reloads, and annealing can prolong case life, usually dictated by case splitting at the case mouth, as can be experienced with a 38 Soecial using wadcutters with high volume case use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1666872, member: 10291"] From my experiences with the 45-70 shooting black powder/cast and smokeless/jacketed, IMO, annealing helps for different reasons with each. With the higher pressures/recoil in tube fed lever rifles using smokeless, a tight fit and heavy crimp avoids bullet set-back and inconsistent pressures(accuracy). Annealing helps to maintain tension as brass is re-worked. With black powder/cast, while there might be some advantage to accuracy, cases are frequently used for 20+ reloads, and annealing can prolong case life, usually dictated by case splitting at the case mouth, as can be experienced with a 38 Soecial using wadcutters with high volume case use. [/QUOTE]
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