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When to anneal brass

Cordova13

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I'm shooting a 308 in a custom 700 and I'm winding after how many firings people anneal? I've been reading a lot on that. I can't seem to find where people add it in their process, like after I clean in my tumbler or after I resize?
 
I generally do it after each firing because I have the time to do it, and it doesn't take very long. I try to get the most out of my lapua brass, and I believe that annealing pretty much makes my brass close to immortal (at least so far).
 
Clean, then anneal. Size after annealing
 
Clean... anneal then resize.

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There is no one way. Some guys anneal every firing. I've been taught to do it every 3rd firing. Unless its virgin brass usually the second.

As for when I tumble anneal then retumble then continue with my reloading process per the norm.
 
Cordova,

If the brass feels "crunchy" when you size the necks, it's past time to anneal. I've annealed new brass from some vendors, and other brass after 8-10 firings.

HTH,
DocB