My question revolves around, should I anneal cases before or after case prep?
Myself and a couple buddies are going PD hunting this summer. I have been working on prepping around 3,000 Lake City and around 2,000 PMC cases. I will be getting the neccesary parts and plans from JMorris to build a case annealer.
Problem is I have most of the brass completely prepped and ready except for 300 or so. With all the time it has taken to do the prep work, I would hate to go out and see a 10 or 15% failure rate, (i.e. split necks). I plan on sizing the 300, loading them up and shooting them with cheap bullets. Stretching the cases. Then neck size them and see how they work with Hornady 55gr. ballistic tip bullets thru this rifle, (Ruger M77 MKII fitted with a Timney trigger).
Will I have to FL resize after annealing, or will I be good to go? In other words will the cases change dimension after annealing?
Myself and a couple buddies are going PD hunting this summer. I have been working on prepping around 3,000 Lake City and around 2,000 PMC cases. I will be getting the neccesary parts and plans from JMorris to build a case annealer.
Problem is I have most of the brass completely prepped and ready except for 300 or so. With all the time it has taken to do the prep work, I would hate to go out and see a 10 or 15% failure rate, (i.e. split necks). I plan on sizing the 300, loading them up and shooting them with cheap bullets. Stretching the cases. Then neck size them and see how they work with Hornady 55gr. ballistic tip bullets thru this rifle, (Ruger M77 MKII fitted with a Timney trigger).
Will I have to FL resize after annealing, or will I be good to go? In other words will the cases change dimension after annealing?