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How often do you anneal your brass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nimrodmar10" data-source="post: 2785957" data-attributes="member: 36369"><p>First, let me say that I shoot Lapua brass whenever possible. So brass is a long term investment, so I try to take care of it.</p><p>Back in the day, like 50 years ago before I'd ever heard the name Lapua, there were basically only three brands of brass: Remington, W-W (Winchester Western) and Federal. If I had 50 rounds of brass of the same caliber and brand, I was lucky. I shot mostly 22-250 for benchrest and varmints. I shot a lot, so I reloaded because bullets, primers and powder was cheap. After several full house reloads I started getting split necks. The solution at that time was to anneal them by putting all your brass in a pie or cake pan, submerged half way in water. I then heated each one with a propane torch until the brass started to change color then turned the case over in the water to cool. Primitive but effective. </p><p>Now things are a little more precise. Most of my shooting now is long range rifle shooting. Our range has targets out to 1250 yards. I try to precision reload for the guns that I shoot for long range. The gun range has bought an AMP annealer for the members, so I now anneal after every firing to get consistent neck tension and no split necks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimrodmar10, post: 2785957, member: 36369"] First, let me say that I shoot Lapua brass whenever possible. So brass is a long term investment, so I try to take care of it. Back in the day, like 50 years ago before I'd ever heard the name Lapua, there were basically only three brands of brass: Remington, W-W (Winchester Western) and Federal. If I had 50 rounds of brass of the same caliber and brand, I was lucky. I shot mostly 22-250 for benchrest and varmints. I shot a lot, so I reloaded because bullets, primers and powder was cheap. After several full house reloads I started getting split necks. The solution at that time was to anneal them by putting all your brass in a pie or cake pan, submerged half way in water. I then heated each one with a propane torch until the brass started to change color then turned the case over in the water to cool. Primitive but effective. Now things are a little more precise. Most of my shooting now is long range rifle shooting. Our range has targets out to 1250 yards. I try to precision reload for the guns that I shoot for long range. The gun range has bought an AMP annealer for the members, so I now anneal after every firing to get consistent neck tension and no split necks. [/QUOTE]
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