Without going into the minutia of very specific details, in general, do you feel (or not) an increase in resistance during bullet seating after annealing? i.e. do they seem to seat a little harder after annealing?
My thought being, work hardened brass has more spring back than freshly annealed brass. Accordingly un-annealed brass will seem to seat easier than annealed brass with less spring back.
I use a Lee collet neck sizer, and annealed LC brass just seems to require more effort to seat a bullet than in un-annealed brass. If my theory of annealing and spring back is incorrect, then I need to look elsewhere for my perceived change in bullet seating resistance.
My thought being, work hardened brass has more spring back than freshly annealed brass. Accordingly un-annealed brass will seem to seat easier than annealed brass with less spring back.
I use a Lee collet neck sizer, and annealed LC brass just seems to require more effort to seat a bullet than in un-annealed brass. If my theory of annealing and spring back is incorrect, then I need to look elsewhere for my perceived change in bullet seating resistance.
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