Originally Posted by
Jehoolio
Never bothered annealing- 308, 6BR, 303. Just neck sized, cases lasting into the teens, exception 303 which I scrap after 5 loads.
Absolutely agree. I used a couple of hundred 308 cases maybe 20 times with target loads. I think the neck tension just gets more consistent with work-hardening - can't ever remember one cracking.
I've come to think annealing is largely a matter of magic and mystique without much substance. Brilliant results claimed may be as much in spite of it as because of it.
303's a different story - some chambers wouldn't give you more than one reload, annealed or not.
Regards,
MikB
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