Re: Anneal before or after sizing?
RonAKA said:
I also just reread you initial post and you talk about using a 650F Tempilstik. I annealed my cases to 800F. I know this article suggests 650F, but I don't think it is correct.
Actually the 650 templistick was a wash. The small application melted and burnt before the FULL neck was a dull red. I simply held a bit longer while spinning untill the entire neck was the dull red color, they actually came out looking really good, with a proper color change just below the shoulder, like new laupa.
I guess my queary was about, working the neck after sizing. I mean the idea is to anneal
because of work hardening. This batch of 40 I did was sized after, the next batch I'll size before and see if there is a differance in preformance. From the responses I've recieved I think I'll be looking hard too find something.
That's not to say I was perfect in my methods, as I have more than I will admit to that I junked by over annealing.
I only tossed 4 of the 40,,there's got to be a learning curve

And I'll probably lose more.
I did earn a lesson this week unrelated too annealing but I'll share;
I usually prep cases right out of the tumbler,, sizing, trim, wash an load within a few hours. I had preped some 223 brass a few weeks ago, and just set them aside for loading later, these have been neck turned and have low runout. I guess I didn't really
feel a differance when seating the bullets, yet bullet runout from this batch was terrible! Neck runout still +/-.001>,,but some bullet runout was .003!
I'm guessing the necks relaxed to a tighter tension in those two weeks,, I'll have to schedual my time better, and get to loading within at least a 24hrs