Thread: When to anneal

Originally Posted by imaca

I have a number of 3 - 4 x fired brass that I have only ever neck sized and they are all trimmed and prepped for reloading

If I were to anneal them, would there be any merit in doing that now, or reload them, use them and then anneal before resizing?


Cheers

Anneal before resizing

I anneal about every 5th firing of brass.

My steps are
Deprime with a hand tool,
Anneal if required,
Wax & size
Clean
Prime
reload

Originally Posted by Cyclops

I anneal about every 5th firing of brass.

My steps are
Deprime with a hand tool,
Anneal if required,
Wax & size
Clean
Prime
reload

Yep, but I'd say 3 or 4 rather than 5. But no big deal really.