anneal brass?

litetrigger

May 15, 2014 05:50

Do you anneal cases before re-size or after? thanks

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  victorj19

  May 15, 2014 08:52

  IIRC it should be done before resizing.

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  Mk 19

  May 15, 2014 09:49

  As stated above it should be done before sizing, the annealing process can change the sizing deminsions

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  wanted man

  May 15, 2014 11:40

  quote:Originally posted by Mk 19
  As stated above it should be done before sizing, the annealing process can change the sizing deminsions
  
  
  Not only that ^^^^^^^^ but, the purpose of annealing is to reduce the work-hardening which the case has experienced, so annealing before running the case through a die (working it/moving brass around) only makes sense

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  litetrigger

  May 16, 2014 09:23

  Thanks for the info

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  Mobuck

  May 17, 2014 03:57

  If simply resizing brass such as that which has been loaded several times and may be work hardened, it doesn't make much diff. If radically changing the neck diameter or shoulder position/shape, annealing before such work is best. Brass is often annealed before the normal "necking" process but the residue is polished off. Some brass needs to be re-annealed after shortening, necking up, or other wildcatting endeavors due to the difference in the original annealed area.

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