Re: Worth annealing or keep shooting?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JGorski</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I And does .010" neck expansion have anything to do with neck splitting after 3 firings? Loads werent that hot. </div></div>
I have a lot (50 pieces) of WIN brass that has 33 reload cycles on it.
The cases have never been annealed.
The obturated neck diameter is 0.3445
The sized neck diameter is 0.332 for a difference of 0.0125
I have lots 2 cases to body cracks, 2 cases to ICHS
I have lost no primer pockets
I shoot 47.8 gr Varget with 155 scenars in a factory Remmy.
So, based on the above data, either I have been really lucky with longevity, or my reloading process is more benign than yours. My steps:
Deprime in RCBS universal decapper.
NO size to 0.338
Trim neck, chamfer, deburr, primer pocket
NO size to 0.332
toss in tumbler overnight
prime with RCBS universal hand primer
Throw and trickle powder
seat bullet to 3.000
reseat bullet to 2.947