annealing

01 February 2006, 01:32

bounty hunter

annealing

how many firings before you anneal the first time? how many times between annealings?

bounty hunter

01 February 2006, 04:57

outkaste

Don't anneal. It's a waste of time.
You need the proper set of dies to make your brass last longer.

01 February 2006, 05:12

hivelosity

ACKLEY BRASS AFTER 3 firings.
22/250 after 4
I also anneal before reforming one case to another

01 February 2006, 06:34

bigcountry

300RUM brass about three firings. STW, the same. Really only anneal the expensive brass. Don't worry about it for 308's and such.

01 February 2006, 07:20

outkaste

bounty hunter,
What cartridge are you shooting?
Factory chamber or custom?
What type of shooting do you do? BR, target, hunting, plinking....
It is possible to take 25 cases and shoot your bbl out before ruining your brass. And that is without ever annealing once.

01 February 2006, 07:34

Kingfisher

Annealing is definitely worth doing. When you need to do it depends on the cases you're using, how generous your chamber is, how much you're sizing them in the resizing operation, etc. etc. The more you work the brass, the quicker it gets hard.

01 February 2006, 07:40

craigster

quote:
Originally posted by outkaste:
It is possible to take 25 cases and shoot your bbl out before ruining your brass. And that is without ever annealing once.

Huh? Please explain how one would go about this.

01 February 2006, 07:55

woods

Hey b h

Is that for your new 30-06AI? Maybe since you've got an AI, then it may be worth annealing. I would guess after about 10 firings on a case, but that's just a guess.

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01 February 2006, 08:16

outkaste

craigster,
It is the way the dies are made. When they are built for YOUR gun, not only do you get the best accuracy possible but max case life. It's already been done. 200+ firings per case.

01 February 2006, 10:12

Mark

I don't usually anneal, but had a 6.5 that would only last 4 or 5 firings without it.

Mark 20 cases and Don't anneal them and see how many loads you get before you start getting splits. Then you can decide how long that gun can go without it.