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Anneal after prep/sizing? Not the typical question...
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<blockquote data-quote="entoptics" data-source="post: 2597473" data-attributes="member: 104268"><p>I normally salt bath anneal (540° C, 10 seconds) every firing, after a depriming the dirty brass and giving them a quick wash, but before any other preparation. Helping a buddy get a load set up for his new rifle, but due to various work/life factors, I got discombobulated, and forgot the annealing step. These particular brass are now fully prepped, except for trimming to length. This is once fired hornady brass from another rifle, fired once more in my buddy's rifle. So it's 2X fired, heading into 3rd firing.</p><p></p><p>So...</p><p></p><p>Is it worth it to anneal now, after a 0.002 shoulder bump in FL RCBS die then re-expanding the neck with Sinclair mandrel die? Of course I'd give them a quick wash to remove salts, then trim to uniform OAL.</p><p></p><p>or...</p><p></p><p>Fagetaboutit...And just load them up and proceed?</p><p></p><p>Vote or comment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="entoptics, post: 2597473, member: 104268"] I normally salt bath anneal (540° C, 10 seconds) every firing, after a depriming the dirty brass and giving them a quick wash, but before any other preparation. Helping a buddy get a load set up for his new rifle, but due to various work/life factors, I got discombobulated, and forgot the annealing step. These particular brass are now fully prepped, except for trimming to length. This is once fired hornady brass from another rifle, fired once more in my buddy's rifle. So it's 2X fired, heading into 3rd firing. So... Is it worth it to anneal now, after a 0.002 shoulder bump in FL RCBS die then re-expanding the neck with Sinclair mandrel die? Of course I'd give them a quick wash to remove salts, then trim to uniform OAL. or... Fagetaboutit...And just load them up and proceed? Vote or comment. [/QUOTE]
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