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45-70 anneal or not to anneal?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1666888" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>This is one that ether option may be right.</p><p></p><p>I anneal all bottle neck cartridges, But don't anneal straight sided cases because they grow more in length if they are soft they have to be trim'd more. pressures are low on the 45/70 so this growth is not bad.</p><p></p><p>I have never seen a 45/70 case split so I haven't annealed any. This doesn't mean that Annealing would hurt or could even help. Logic tells me that It "Should" be better. I just have not seen the need to on straight sided cases.</p><p></p><p>I size only what is needed to chamber and don't over work the brass very much. This may explain why my records show that trimming starts out on new cases and almost ceases after a few firings. I also have not had trouble with the "Big" 45 cal straight cases. Including the 45 x 3.25" 45-120.</p><p></p><p>All I can say is try both annealed and non annealed cases and see if there are any benefits to one over the other. There are a few things that I haven't tried, and this is one of them.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1666888, member: 2736"] This is one that ether option may be right. I anneal all bottle neck cartridges, But don't anneal straight sided cases because they grow more in length if they are soft they have to be trim'd more. pressures are low on the 45/70 so this growth is not bad. I have never seen a 45/70 case split so I haven't annealed any. This doesn't mean that Annealing would hurt or could even help. Logic tells me that It "Should" be better. I just have not seen the need to on straight sided cases. I size only what is needed to chamber and don't over work the brass very much. This may explain why my records show that trimming starts out on new cases and almost ceases after a few firings. I also have not had trouble with the "Big" 45 cal straight cases. Including the 45 x 3.25" 45-120. All I can say is try both annealed and non annealed cases and see if there are any benefits to one over the other. There are a few things that I haven't tried, and this is one of them. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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