Annealing

[twarren]

When annealing your brass should you
do it before or after you resize?

[earl39]

If you do not over anneal you can do it either way but if you get the brass a little to soft you run the risk of crushing shoulders. I use an automatic annealing machine but still size twice. Before and after. That way i don't over work the fresh annealing job but also have all my brass sized the same and any relaxing of the brass when annealed is tightened up by the sizing afterwards.

[upSLIDEdown]

I do it before sizing.

[fgw_in_fla]

Tumble, anneal, size, load, shoot, repeat as needed.

[twarren]

Thanks guys appreciate it.

[acemisser]

some where the is a guy that will clean and anneal for you...cant remember where he is located..
i hear he does a good job on it..maybe someone here can recalll who it was..

[jonbearman]

DJ's Brass over on accurateshooter.com

[Dennis]

some where the is a guy that will clean and anneal for you...cant remember where he is located..
i hear he does a good job on it..maybe someone here can recalll who it was..

D J's Brass Service, I will have to find his email for you.

http://www.djsbrass.com/ I have used him, he does what he promises.

[Dennis]

I had most annealers. When it's all said and done, and when your doing under 100 cases, I can do them in less than 5 minutes with a 10 or 11 millimeter socket, 400 rpm power driver, and a hand held torch. I sold all of my annealers several years ago. JMO, and I have not had any trouble.

By the time I set or reset the annealer, I was finished using the above method.

If I had 500 or so to do, the Giraud is hard to beat, smaller amounts, the Benchsource is about the best.

Dennis

D J's is good, but again, the above annealing method is the least cost method, and works just as good if not better.

I have to mention D J's has other services as well. I will sometimes use him to fireform brass.

I am not advertising for him, but only feel it's fair to mention one of his other services. Letting him hydro-form brass is cheaper than you doing it.

[GaCop]

I had most annealers. When it's all said and done, and when your doing under 100 cases, I can do them in less than 5 minutes with a 10 or 11 millimeter socket, 400 rpm power driver, and a hand held torch. I sold all of my annealers several years ago. JMO, and I have not had any trouble.

By the time I set or reset the annealer, I was finished using the above method.

If I had 500 or so to do, the Giraud is hard to beat, smaller amounts, the Benchsource is about the best.

Dennis

D J's is good, but again, the above annealing method is the least cost method, and works just as good if not better.

I have to mention D J's has other services as well. I will sometimes use him to fireform brass.

I am not advertising for him, but only feel it's fair to mention one of his other services. Letting him hydro-form brass is cheaper than you doing it.

Pretty much the way I do it and it works well for my 223 Rem brass.

[yobuck]

I would agree the above method would work just fine for most of us having small quanities to anneal.
I would add however that 750 deg tempilaq on the neck would be a wise choice for beginners.
At least untill they become familiar with what to look for. Timing is critical and untill a rythem can be established with different brass size,
it removes the guesswork and uncertanty associated with it.

[BillPa]

This is a relatively inexpensive annealing setup http://www.cartridgeanneal.com/

Bill

[GaCop]

This is a relatively inexpensive annealing setup http://www.cartridgeanneal.com/

Bill That's a pretty decent setup!