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Reloading
Which annealing machine?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rardoin" data-source="post: 1990672" data-attributes="member: 114954"><p>I'm glad to hear your reasoning....you are spot on. Annealing won't make your loads shoot better but will make the necks last longer if your dies are working the brass enough to cause significant work hardening. Typical off the shelf dies do neck down then expand the neck more than a custom die and therefore necks will not last as long before splitting if not annealed periodically. I anneal most firings ONLY because I have a lot of brass for a couple of different chamberings for competition and I don't want to have to keep track of cycles between anneals. On my hunting rifles, of which I have much smaller lots of brass, I've only annealed every 5-6 firings and rarely have had a neck split except in .17 Rem. For small lots the salt bath annealer is cheap and consistent and does work well in spite of the articles about 'not getting hot enough'. I have a friend who is a past F-TR national champion and he uses a salt bath anneal and gets well past 15 firings on .308 brass using a salt bath. I have no direct experience with one...just what my friend has related to me. I would include that as an option for small batches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rardoin, post: 1990672, member: 114954"] I'm glad to hear your reasoning....you are spot on. Annealing won't make your loads shoot better but will make the necks last longer if your dies are working the brass enough to cause significant work hardening. Typical off the shelf dies do neck down then expand the neck more than a custom die and therefore necks will not last as long before splitting if not annealed periodically. I anneal most firings ONLY because I have a lot of brass for a couple of different chamberings for competition and I don't want to have to keep track of cycles between anneals. On my hunting rifles, of which I have much smaller lots of brass, I've only annealed every 5-6 firings and rarely have had a neck split except in .17 Rem. For small lots the salt bath annealer is cheap and consistent and does work well in spite of the articles about 'not getting hot enough'. I have a friend who is a past F-TR national champion and he uses a salt bath anneal and gets well past 15 firings on .308 brass using a salt bath. I have no direct experience with one...just what my friend has related to me. I would include that as an option for small batches. [/QUOTE]
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