Annealing brass

[284winner]

How much does annealing help brass life ? Just resized some used 6.5-284 Winchester brass to straight 284 and had some cases crack at top and bottom of neck. This brass was originally 284 win brass that I made to 6.5 and now resizing back. Wondered if annealing would prevent this. Could be due to used a few times and sized down then back up. Any suggestions would help.

 

[jlow]

I have not done this but I think the general consensus I have seen is if you do resizing from one caliber to another, you should definitely anneal before doing so.

 

[284winner]

I've read some blogs as such but just hoping for some hands on input. I'm sure the hardness of my brass is causing the splitting. It's relatively new, maybe 3 times fired and not hot loads.

 

[dkhunt14]

Annealing might help a lot, it sure won't hurt. That is a lot of moving of the brass. Matt