Annealing Made Perfect Results

[PatMiles]

You must have a talisman from Pirate Ammo

Hell, he's probably got the original talisman!

 

[grovey]

That’s funny how people claim to be able to do things with no prof.

Now that's funny.

 

[6MT]

I think a lot of people get the idea of annealing incorrect. I personally don't believe it has much to do with improving accuracy, extreme spreads or standard deviations when it comes to speeds.

What annealing does, and is very important doing, is that it increases case life by reducing working hardness in the case neck area. And probably the most important thing annealing accomplishes is neck tension consistency.

Before I started annealing, my neck tensions were all over the map. Some very light, some middle of the road, and some very tight. Annealing solved this problem very nicely. Now, the neck tensions I get in all the calibres that I load are very consistent.

So annealing does have critics. I'm not sure the hate is justified. Especially when it comes to the hate directed towards the AMP machine. Maybe it's the Price (?). Jealousy (?). I really don't get it. But for extending case life and neck tension consistency, I believe the costs are very justified. Especially for the very expensive BMG Lapua cases that I use for the big calibre.

I can see by the vitriol on here and other forums I visit, that annealing is not for everyone. And a word of advice for the OP...you probably shouldn't have posted what you believe to be the holy grail of speed and accuracy improvements. Lesson learned? I hope so, but this is the internet. There's no end of internet warriors.... never will be.

 

[Ccrider]

I hope that my responses are not received as hate or vitriol against the Amp machine or annealing in general. My intent was to give the unknowing what I believe to be accurate info that you can get low Es without annealing. And, if you are getting high Es, you are doing something inconsistent in your reloading process. So, you don’t have to run out and buy an annealing machine. Find your problem and fix it.

Personally, I say buy what you want if you can afford it. It’s only money and that’s what money is for.

 

[Bob L.]

Sometimes it’s just fun to buy and try something new.

 

[david kieffer]

I think a lot of people get the idea of annealing incorrect. I personally don't believe it has much to do with improving accuracy, extreme spreads or standard deviations when it comes to speeds.

What annealing does, and is very important doing, is that it increases case life by reducing working hardness in the case neck area. And probably the most important thing annealing accomplishes is neck tension consistency.

Before I started annealing, my neck tensions were all over the map. Some very light, some middle of the road, and some very tight. Annealing solved this problem very nicely. Now, the neck tensions I get in all the calibres that I load are very consistent.

So annealing does have critics. I'm not sure the hate is justified. Especially when it comes to the hate directed towards the AMP machine. Maybe it's the Price (?). Jealousy (?). I really don't get it. But for extending case life and neck tension consistency, I believe the costs are very justified. Especially for the very expensive BMG Lapua cases that I use for the big calibre.

I can see by the vitriol on here and other forums I visit, that annealing is not for everyone. And a word of advice for the OP...you probably shouldn't have posted what you believe to be the holy grail of speed and accuracy improvements. Lesson learned? I hope so, but this is the internet. There's no end of internet warriors.... never will be.

agreed, I use and love the amp system, why, one word as 6mt said CONSISTENCY. I have a common sense mentality, here is my thinking, I assume we all agree brass will work harden every shoot and resize cycle . lets look at it this way 1st cycle a little harder, 2nd more harder, 3rd more more harder and so on .to what point do we anneal, than we are back to less less hard or do we just continue till the brass fails . not very well written but I thing you got the point. In my long range program the amp reduced es 3-5 fps and helped group size over my gas unit also it is fast easy and safe . In closeing the most important word in this game is CONSISTENCY. thank you and happy shooting dave