Will Annealing Brass Improve Accuracy?

Will Annealing Brass Improve Accuracy?

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For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion – the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me – from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.

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[skipdavis]

totally true. i studied this kind of thing in materials science class at university.

[coreymerrill]

Doesn't brass have to be air cooled? Because quenching hardens it again . Annealing cases as I learned was to take a wooden case holder for reloading, fill it with cases to be annealed. Set it In a pan, fill pan with water so the cases are submerged about 1/2 to 2/3s of the way up to the case neck . Heat the case necks with a propane torch until dull red and let air cool while setting in the water pan.Then brush them clean inside and out . After it cools your brass will look like military brass does with it's multicolored upper 1/3rd . This is pretty well mandatory for case resizing with multiple steps .

[nicsu]

Mostly. It realigns the brass molecules making the brass more malleable. Where typically firing and resizing causes your brass to become brittle. It also uniforms all of your brass. If you don’t anneal and you try to resize your brass you may find your shoulder bump is inconsistent. Annealing will increase uniformity.

[OntarioBearHunter]

I.dont shoot expensive enough calibres to worry, if it was oddball brass and expensive or hard to source, Id worry but if its shelf available not really worth my effort.

[arthurshingler]

Thanks for an opinion that has corresponds to mine. But nowadays, Im considering to start annealing ALL my with the cost of brass, primers, bullets.... I dont reload as much as I did 4 years ago. But I like to keep brass for all my various calibers, and annealing just might be able to keep me loading, if I start loading again...like I USED to.

[emoryzakin]

I will say it also gives more consistent neck tension. If you seat 50 bullets in unannealed brass you'd feel some seat harder, some easier. Anneal that brass then seat 50 bullets and they should all feel much closer. Personally I anneal and use and expander mandrel which has given me my best accuracy ymmv

[stephenparchewski]

Now, I can see it extending the life of brass, but I don’t think it will affect accuracy. As long as your brass is trimmed consistently and you aren’t crimping the bullets, I see no affect on accuracy.

[SteelDinger]

Brass Shotgun shells, do you think annealing them would make a difference.

[billywampler]

I got some pretty hot loads but after 3 I usually need a nap