27 January 2006, 01:53
mhoNew Commercial Brass Annealed??
Apart from Lapua, is new commercial brass (Winchester, Remington etc) annealed when you buy it?? Normally, commercial brass does not show any evidence (discolouration) of being annealed, but maybe it has been processed (polished) to get rid of the discolouration??
New military brass (if and when you can get it?) is annealed. Correct??
I'm primarily thinking of .223 Rem brass, but other brass might also be of interest.
- mike
27 January 2006, 01:56
ramrod340Most if not all are annealed. They just polish them afterwards.
27 January 2006, 02:56
TailgunnerThe military specifies that the colors remain, as proof that the annealing step was done.
Comericial brass is polished post-anneal to remove the colors.
27 January 2006, 09:09
djpaintlesALL brass is annealed several times during manufacturing. The quality of the final neck anneal is so important to it's function in automatic weapons military (and Lapua) brass doesn't polish (or pickle in an acid bath) theirs to show it was done properly....................DJ
27 January 2006, 09:17
ConYep, all of it is annealed and cleaned up except 458WinMag brass where the discoloration due to annealing is left... at least it is for Winchester brass.
Cheers...
Con
27 January 2006, 13:18
mhoThanks guys, you are an incredible source of information. You never cease to amaze me!
- mike
28 January 2006, 00:53
waitaminitquote:
Originally posted by Tailgunner:
The military specifies that the colors remain, as proof that the annealing step was done.
Comericial brass is polished post-anneal to remove the colors.
...as a proof that annealed area is not too close to web area (to avoid blow ups)