Anneal virgin alpha brass?

[sunnyfisher]

If I were to anneal new Alpha 6 Dasher brass that has been factory annealed.
Using my Annie Annealer to the same temperature as I anneal my fired brass would I be making the new and fired similar as far as neck tension or would I be making the new brass too soft.
I am annealing to what the indicator says is 750 degrees but of course there is no way to determine the actual factory temperature.
If I had an arbor press with a pressure gauge I could compare the two, I guess that will come someday.
I think it should work is my thought pattern in the right direction or not.
Yea or Nay ?

 

[bozo699]

Is your fired brass also Alpha brass?
Wayne

 

[SAP]

If I were to anneal new Alpha 6 Dasher brass that has been factory annealed.
Using my Annie Annealer to the same temperature as I anneal my fired brass would I be making the new and fired similar as far as neck tension or would I be making the new brass too soft.
I am annealing to what the indicator says is 750 degrees but of course there is no way to determine the actual factory temperature.
If I had an arbor press with a pressure gauge I could compare the two, I guess that will come someday.
I think it should work is my thought pattern in the right direction or not.
Yea or Nay ?

Don’t anneal it until you shoot it for the first time. I have been testing it and have 16 loadings on same brass and cases have not stretched and primer pockets are still tight. I started annealing after first firing. Shoot a light load the first firing with a jam to help match your chamber and you should be good. I have been testing it out of a dasher. Brass has been really good so far.

 

[Willie]

Keep the new brass aside until it's fired, then anneal or it won't shoot with your other brass, most likely.

 

[sunnyfisher]

Is your fired brass also Alpha brass?
Wayne

Yes
In 6 dasher that's all I use.

 

[sunnyfisher]

Don’t anneal it until you shoot it for the first time. I have been testing it and have 16 loadings on same brass and cases have not stretched and primer pockets are still tight. I started annealing after first firing. Shoot a light load the first firing with a jam to help match your chamber and you should be good. I have been testing it out of a dasher. Brass has been really good so far.

I normally jam the first firing but was thinking that annealing might help the new brass to align with the fired.
Granted I may be getting a bit over the top but isn't that what we do here.

 

[Mikemci]

Annealing new, already annealed brass, will not hurt anything. Like you said, I agree that it will help with fire forming.

 

[sunnyfisher]

Annealing new, already annealed brass, will not hurt anything. Like you said, I agree that it will help with fire forming.

Thanks for your input