annealing casings

  • mec
    West Salem,WI
    Posts: 211
    August 6, 2009 at 2:08 am #210007

    Who here anneals casings,and is it worth it.I get 6 to 10 reloads per casing.Isee how its done,but for the time involved,is it worth it?

    jeff_hansen
    Posts: 475
    August 6, 2009 at 11:12 pm #54913

    I was wondering the same thing… I mostly reload for the smaller stuff .17 Fireball, .204, .223 and have gotten many loads out of my current casings. I know that annealing can affect neck tension but I haven’t noticed any decrease in accuracy so I just keep doing what I’m doing

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    August 16, 2009 at 10:05 am #55564

    I have a .250 Helldiver…..a 30-40 Kraig case necked down to .25 cal. The only way to get new cases is to neck then down-anneal and fire form them.

    “pain in the butt”

    If there were another way to do this I would be all over it.

    I don’t go home from the range without exactly the number of cases I came with.

    If you do decide to try your hand at this, make DARN sure the cases are dry before loading them. I’m always surprised of the moisture in the cases days after annealing them.

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