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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 3596610" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>Sometimes brass quality depends on the caliber. I've got some things I load for that Lapua and Norma take the prize, and I've got others where it seems like Hornady wins, and still others where (fill in the blank) does best. I've not noticed a great difference in the number of reloads I get out of a piece of brass that isn't attributable to the load I put in them. I will say that in general I personally like Lapua for a lot of precision stuff, and do likes me some Starline. I just got a few thousand pieces of Lake City/Federal for a project too. </p><p></p><p>As far as annealing --- I'll give my input but I'm NOT the expert. From what I've read and looked into, the way to maximize the benefits from annealing comes when you are full length sizing every single time. The reason is that when done right you get the same neck tension on the bullet every single time as well. I do my annealing without a fancy machine so there's a cost/benefit thing that I have to do to account for my time. I'm sure as heck not annealing common calibers like 9/223/300, but am working through a process on precision rifle stuff.</p><p></p><p>I'd love to get an AMP but have through justifying the 4 figure price tag. Something like the Annealeeze maybe. There's a few good choices out there and all the ones I've seen have had some pros and cons. There's a guy out of Fort Smith that makes a little contraption too if you wanted to keep money more local. Personally, I do a lot of case prep on a mini lathe so while I've got the case chucked in, I'll hit it with a torch if it's time. I'm running some experiments right now to see how much of a difference it makes to the life of my cases, but I probably won't know that answer for a year since I don't get out to shoot enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 3596610, member: 5800"] Sometimes brass quality depends on the caliber. I've got some things I load for that Lapua and Norma take the prize, and I've got others where it seems like Hornady wins, and still others where (fill in the blank) does best. I've not noticed a great difference in the number of reloads I get out of a piece of brass that isn't attributable to the load I put in them. I will say that in general I personally like Lapua for a lot of precision stuff, and do likes me some Starline. I just got a few thousand pieces of Lake City/Federal for a project too. As far as annealing --- I'll give my input but I'm NOT the expert. From what I've read and looked into, the way to maximize the benefits from annealing comes when you are full length sizing every single time. The reason is that when done right you get the same neck tension on the bullet every single time as well. I do my annealing without a fancy machine so there's a cost/benefit thing that I have to do to account for my time. I'm sure as heck not annealing common calibers like 9/223/300, but am working through a process on precision rifle stuff. I'd love to get an AMP but have through justifying the 4 figure price tag. Something like the Annealeeze maybe. There's a few good choices out there and all the ones I've seen have had some pros and cons. There's a guy out of Fort Smith that makes a little contraption too if you wanted to keep money more local. Personally, I do a lot of case prep on a mini lathe so while I've got the case chucked in, I'll hit it with a torch if it's time. I'm running some experiments right now to see how much of a difference it makes to the life of my cases, but I probably won't know that answer for a year since I don't get out to shoot enough. [/QUOTE]
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