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Mark611 Wrote:I hear what ur saying LR1955, just wonder if theirs any benefit at all?
Mk611:
The benefit is when a guy is wildcatting and needs to grossly alter the shape of the neck and shoulder. Then annealing is a requirement.
For what anyone on this forum is doing -- just do not see it being of benefit.
I do not see it being worth the money and particularly the time.
Get quality brass and a quality sizing die and use a barrel made by a trusted barrel maker and spend your time in practice or competing rather than in the reloading room
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Mark611 Wrote:I hear what ur saying LR1955, just wonder if theirs any benefit at all?
Yes there are benefits I have done it both ways. I do find there are advantages to annealing both in group size and consistency both in the Creedmoor and the Grendel. I anneal before I size and you can feel the difference between annealed those that are not in the sizing. I pretty much anneal every time now. I will occasionally skip one or two for different reasons.
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Popeye, that was kind of my thinking, I was also thinking if you had cases that had a tic more run out then u like it may help them straighten them upon firing in the rifle, I'm still kind of new to reloading AR rifles, as a matter of fact my 6.5Grrr is the first AR I have ever reloaded for! I've been reloading bolt guns and pistols for over 30yrs, I anneal my brass for my bolt guns every few firings, I use Lapua brass mainly, I have been using Hornady cases for the AR, LR1955 I agree with everything ur saying, I'm going to anneal these cases for their first firing, but I'm going to seek out all the cases with the most runout and start with them to see if annealing helps to reduce the runout, I have not opened these cases to even look at them but I know from experience part of my culling process is runout! anything in the 3k range gets tossed to the side, this where this question for me has come to where it is for reloading for a semiauto, IMO and I maybe wrong and annealing my not have any effect on what I'm trying to accomplish? But I think annealing would help? what say u!
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Mark611 Wrote:Popeye, that was kind of my thinking, I was also thinking if you had cases that had a tic more run out then u like it may help them straighten them upon firing in the rifle, I'm still kind of new to reloading AR rifles, as a matter of fact my 6.5Grrr is the first AR I have ever reloaded for! I've been reloading bolt guns and pistols for over 30yrs, I anneal my brass for my bolt guns every few firings, I use Lapua brass mainly, I have been using Hornady cases for the AR, LR1955 I agree with everything ur saying, I'm going to anneal these cases for their first firing, but I'm going to seek out all the cases with the most runout and start with them to see if annealing helps to reduce the runout, I have not opened these cases to even look at them but I know from experience part of my culling process is runout! anything in the 3k range gets tossed to the side, this where this question for me has come to where it is for reloading for a semiauto, IMO and I maybe wrong and annealing my not have any effect on what I'm trying to accomplish? But I think annealing would help? what say u!
Mk611:
You are saying Lapua brass needs to be fixed before you would shoot it?
You are correct, annealing will have absolutely no effect when it comes to your AR. Not even your bolt rifle.
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Not sayin Laupa, thanks LR1955
