Ok everyone time for a dumb question?!?!?
Do you anneal before or after sizing?
I've been reloading since the late 70's...I've heard about it for years. But I've never taken my reloading to this level.
anneal before you resize . the heat might distort your brass . the annealed brass will resize much more consistent too .
yes , I use either a full length die set to bump the shoulder about .002" , or a neck die and body die set to bump the shoulder about .002" . I never neck size only .So you will full length size after annealing?
I use to do every 2 or three firings and sure notice the feeling of bullet seating even after one. If I'm lazy, I'll do it every other time. If I wasn't lazy, I would do it after every shot.I was annealing every other time , now I anneal every time . I'm not sure it's necessary , but that is how I'm doing it .
IMO if you are doing it properly every time is best and further I find that if I coat the inside of necks with dry lube it seems to ensure an even release from the surface friction. Its not so much the tension but the surface of the brass causing inconsistent release at that point.
Both before and after (if I understand what you're asking). Just before full-sizing or bumping the shoulder back. And again, just before final neck-sizing. The results in ES/SD are telling, but there are deep rabbit holes here.Do you anneal before or after sizing?
Would cordless drill on low work to clean the neck?
I already have a nylon brush the I apply a dry lube inside the necks before sizing. So I can use that to lude before the case gets a bullet.
Ok...I've made a couple deals on some brass. So the vast majority of it will need full length sizing. I have 60 (1) new pieces that have primer already installed. Pretty much just going to load and shoot these. Another 40 (2) new virgin pieces that I will be able to handle from scratch. Then the roughly 150 (3) pieces of once fired.
All three batches will have to be handled differently?
New brass;
Anneal then size FL or just the neck? I really have 90 pieces of brand new brass...I have 50 that I bought from Midway to go with the 40 listed above...
Once fired in my gun;
These are the 60 new but primed. I know they will have to be shot or should I just punch them out (the primers) and start fresh?
Then...once fired someone else gun;
These I'm sure will have to be FL sized first. Should these get it two times...before they are loaded? To be honest I have never heard of annealing twice before the first grain of powder falls!?!?!?!?!?