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Short and sweet. New Starline 5.56 brass.
Anneal, or not.
Thank you.!
Short and sweet. New Starline 5.56 brass.
Anneal, or not.
Thank you.!
You mean new brass? No need to anneal as it was done at the factory. I have 600 of those Starline 5.56 and just load them up.Hello All
Short and sweet. New Starline 5.56 brass.
Anneal, or not.
Thank you.!
First loading, no aneal, mandrel to uniform neck id, trim, and chamfer.
Depends on what rifle and what it will be used for and how the brass springs back. .001 to .003 neck tension depending.what size mandrel are you using ?
You can bet some time study clowns walking around with clip boards have figured in annealing time to make rate production, and wherever time , or steps can be eliminated or shortened to make rate, it I'll be done. So yes ammo production and anneal time have to be compared.All factory brass is annealed in their production. Don't try and compare ammo production to anneal time.
Sounds like some annealing just below the shoulder maybe of some benefit.I have found their brass will split up the middle after a few firings. Also, some of them will have have a light colored ring around the bottom from pre-case head separation after a few firings. This is not from oversizing. I think it is from the brass hardness.
Be careful
You can bet some time study clowns walking around with clip boards have figured in annealing time to make rate production, and wherever time , or steps can be eliminated or shortened to make rate, it I'll be done. So yes ammo production and anneal time have to be compared.
Been in production world before seen it happen.
Thanks guys.!
Depending on what company and what country. Some form the brass, make their own primers, purchase the powder, make their own bullets and load the rounds.But the time to anneal is not shortened from proper time to match production so no it doesn’t have anything to do with production rate in that it’s adjusted to keep the rate. Also the brass is not being made right before ammo is made. It comes in ready to be loaded.
Depending on what company and what country. Some form the brass, make their own primers, purchase the powder, make their own bullets and load the rounds.
These are only my opinions, observations, and what I have learned from my experiences, so I am NOT saying anyone else is wrong in what they offered.Anneal, or not.
No one said anything about one production line. All the components would be manufactured, and fed into a staging area to feed the final assembly process.But not in one production line. Some of those processes would not react well to others or even be safe in the same facility.
And your question was about Starline who makes only brass and yes they anneal it before it goes out to customers so no need to anneal when you get it.