Thread: Annealing after sizing?

He doesn't actually say the the sizing process doesn't cause alteration in ductility, just the firing process has a more a significant work hardening effect.

However, I have one Ackley chambering. It has a TIGHT neck like 0.5 thou clearance. There is minimal expansion on firing. Likewise my 6BR which comes close to being able to be reloaded without sizing once fired. Any manipulation with dies causes a far greater amount of working of the brass alloy than during firing. The only difference with firing may be the speed of change.

Also, with the forming of wildcat cases (alright, extreme working) which may be required to be formed using a series of dies, the brass is annealed after every stage, otherwise the forming is generally not successful with splits or collapses.

At any rate, anneal after firing still is the go in fact with his theory definitely straight after firing.