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Annealing for hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdyson" data-source="post: 2999552" data-attributes="member: 74061"><p>I don't bother annealing hunting loads for Rifles that i don't shoot a lot. My 264 WinMag brass will turn 40 this year. But Ive only shot 30 rounds in the last 20yrs. I shot my 7STW about the same till I started new load development 8 years ago and had a few split necks in my 30+ year old 8mm Mag brass I had necked down. I threw the three splits in the trash and annealed all I had remaining. That should probably last me the rest of my life. I used to anneal my competition brass after every match (because everyone said I should). Then I stopped to see what would happen to my ES/SD and accuracy. I use bushing dies, minimum bump, and my most accurate powder charge is a full grain under max. i feel I'm working the brass so little that frequent annealing is not necessary. I just mark my brass in the extractor groove with a spring center punch so I can keep my brass sorted by number of times fired. To date Ive never had a split and my groups are Still great after 9 reloads. Now I retire brass only for loose primer pockets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdyson, post: 2999552, member: 74061"] I don't bother annealing hunting loads for Rifles that i don't shoot a lot. My 264 WinMag brass will turn 40 this year. But Ive only shot 30 rounds in the last 20yrs. I shot my 7STW about the same till I started new load development 8 years ago and had a few split necks in my 30+ year old 8mm Mag brass I had necked down. I threw the three splits in the trash and annealed all I had remaining. That should probably last me the rest of my life. I used to anneal my competition brass after every match (because everyone said I should). Then I stopped to see what would happen to my ES/SD and accuracy. I use bushing dies, minimum bump, and my most accurate powder charge is a full grain under max. i feel I’m working the brass so little that frequent annealing is not necessary. I just mark my brass in the extractor groove with a spring center punch so I can keep my brass sorted by number of times fired. To date Ive never had a split and my groups are Still great after 9 reloads. Now I retire brass only for loose primer pockets. [/QUOTE]
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