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<blockquote data-quote="eshorebwhntr" data-source="post: 2348059" data-attributes="member: 17112"><p>Petey... I'm pretty much lock step with everything you've posted as it pertains to annealing and hardness. The one thing I have said and will continue to say is I only anneal to save brass necks and shoulders from cracking or splitting. I've never had annealing help, improve, or recover my desired level of accuracy on target. That's just me though.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for posting.</p><p></p><p>I checked a few things so far. </p><p></p><p>The expander was slightly galled. I cleaned it and tried a few. Same result. </p><p></p><p>I then checked sizing without the expander. This held the bullet just fine. Im going to try this with 10 rounds and shoot. I think I'll be good. </p><p></p><p>I then tried resizing with the expander. 1 additional pass would still not hold the bullet. I could move it with pressure. A second pass (3 total passes through the die) did hold the bullet. No issues.</p><p></p><p>I then grabbed 5 pieces that had not been annealed. Turned all the lights out and hit them again. I got to glow in less than 5s. Initially I ran these to 7s bc I didn't take the time to check in the dark. </p><p></p><p>All of this leads me to believe I over cooked them like some suggested. </p><p></p><p>I should also add I tumbled the original lot after annealing and sizing. When I seated bullets straight into brass without tumbling first there was def a noticeable grab or bite to them. I believe the annealing process adds a scale to the brass that adds grip to the bullet when seated. </p><p></p><p>If I get something odd on paper when I test I'll surely report back but hopefully I got to the bottom of it.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to all for the help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eshorebwhntr, post: 2348059, member: 17112"] Petey... I'm pretty much lock step with everything you've posted as it pertains to annealing and hardness. The one thing I have said and will continue to say is I only anneal to save brass necks and shoulders from cracking or splitting. I've never had annealing help, improve, or recover my desired level of accuracy on target. That's just me though. Thank you for posting. I checked a few things so far. The expander was slightly galled. I cleaned it and tried a few. Same result. I then checked sizing without the expander. This held the bullet just fine. Im going to try this with 10 rounds and shoot. I think I'll be good. I then tried resizing with the expander. 1 additional pass would still not hold the bullet. I could move it with pressure. A second pass (3 total passes through the die) did hold the bullet. No issues. I then grabbed 5 pieces that had not been annealed. Turned all the lights out and hit them again. I got to glow in less than 5s. Initially I ran these to 7s bc I didn't take the time to check in the dark. All of this leads me to believe I over cooked them like some suggested. I should also add I tumbled the original lot after annealing and sizing. When I seated bullets straight into brass without tumbling first there was def a noticeable grab or bite to them. I believe the annealing process adds a scale to the brass that adds grip to the bullet when seated. If I get something odd on paper when I test I'll surely report back but hopefully I got to the bottom of it. Thanks to all for the help. [/QUOTE]
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