Annealing questions

I anneal after every firing, then go harvest deer.

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

But really how much xtra life are you getting?? Say a bag of brass costs lets say $200 for 100 rnds, therefore $2 each and after using them 10 times without annealing that works out to 20cents, is that such a bad thing. Seams a whole lot if work for little fain.

Ok so I can see the target shooters rolling their eyes already, but I am a hunter and max distance for me is 500-600m, it's s whole lot of time and pain that could be better used filling the freezer. Which is full BTW

Just my 10cents

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Good point but for target shooters they want to hit the bull every time which is much smaller that the kill zone on deer.
Normally cases will last about 10 shots maybe more before they start splitting.
annealing your cases regularly will make them last about 30 shots each so if you make that same calculation its a totally different story

Guys all i'm trying to say is by annealing your cases more regularly is not a bad thing does not matter what your application is or how you do it.

ebf if you are interested i want to send you my Demo model to use next time you do annealing and give us feed back (You cant keep it you have to send it back when you are finished ):D

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Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

I anneal after every firing, then go harvest deer.

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Maybe i need to start annealing then lol

Hamish

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Originally Posted by R93

Youre right. Best results you size after annealing.

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So do I need to FL size after annealing or can I just neck size?

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Originally Posted by Gibo

So do I need to FL size after annealing or can I just neck size?

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Just neck unless you needed to bump the shoulder anyway.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Just neck unless you needed to bump the shoulder anyway.

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Nah will neck cheers mate. Checked in chamber so was going to go ahead and neck em

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Originally Posted by Gibo

So do I need to FL size after annealing or can I just neck size?

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If they chamber easily I just neck size.
If they don't I bump the shoulder a smidge until they do.
Normally only have to bump them around the 5th firing and then they need the body die a few firings after that.

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I only bother annealing after 3rd firing. They 'feel' pretty similar when seating projectiles within that cycle so why bother doing it every time?