I will give that a try. Right now all i have is once fired from my friend, but once i get it fire formed in my rifle I'm hoping to only neck size. will clean and check my die as well. i had to order a new pin, so i can do that when i replace it.I've reloaded 30-06 for more than 50 years and it is very hard to resize, but over the years a friend shared a tip and recommended that I anneal the cartridges in the oven for about 10 to 20 minutes to soften the brass a little I use between 140º to 160º. But since this is only used on one rifle I don't do a full sizing just neck. What ever lube you use wipe the cartridge afterwards and you should be find. Could that you are using too much lube. Also use a Q-tip with some alcohol and clean the inside of the dies. If there are any deformities inside the die the cotton will be snagged and this could be the reason you case is getting stuck.
I will give that a try. Right now all i have is once fired from my friend, but once i get it fire formed in my rifle I'm hoping to only neck size. will clean and check my die as well. i had to order a new pin, so i can do that when i replace it.
I agree with your statement. But for full sizing this is how I have done it and it is not softening it that much. As long as you are not maxing out loads I have found this to work for me. I understand your concerns but as long as you have a tight chamber I have not had issue with this method or cases rupturing from soft brass. Afterwards any annealing I do is to the neck only as it becomes hard after shooting it several times.Quote:
Originally Posted by ms6852 View Post
I've reloaded 30-06 for more than 50 years and it is very hard to resize, but over the years a friend shared a tip and recommended that I anneal the cartridges in the oven for about 10 to 20 minutes to soften the brass a little I use between 140º to 160º. But since this is only used on one rifle I don't do a full sizing just neck. What ever lube you use wipe the cartridge afterwards and you should be find. Could that you are using too much lube. Also use a Q-tip with some alcohol and clean the inside of the dies. If there are any deformities inside the die the cotton will be snagged and this could be the reason you case is getting stuck.
That is NOT how you anneal brass. Only the case neck is annealed, not the whole case. By annealing the whole case you are softening the case in the part of the case that has to remain hard to contain the high pressure during firing. Please do not do this.
Don
Totally agree and was not recommending anything, simply stating what I did, but come to thing of it in my old age I guess I forgot people would take it as a recommendation.ms6852,
While this may have worked for you, this is not a procedure to recommend to someone else. Someone has the oven a bit too high and.... Kaboom!
Don
i fully understand. however i don't believe this is actual annealing, annealing starts around 500F. i suspect this just temporarily softens the metal enough to make it slightly more pliable while resizing. from what i have been reading at 600f it would take brass approximately 1hr to anneal.Totally agree and was not recommending anything, simply stating what I did, but come to thing of it in my old age I guess I forgot people would take it as a recommendation.
There are many people that wet tumble as well and than dry their brass in an oven or toaster oven so I don't see an issue with this or many people would not dry their brass in this manner.
When the 30-06 was at it's best in competition, full length sizing fired cases produced best accuracy. Case necks are well centered on the case shoulder so the bullets are better centered in the bore when fired.I will give that a try. Right now all i have is once fired from my friend, but once i get it fire formed in my rifle I'm hoping to only neck size. will clean and check my die as well. i had to order a new pin, so i can do that when i replace it.
True, but I never get my temperature above 160º, which is confirmed by a oven thermometer.You bring up a good point. However, is there such a thing as "semi-annealing"? If I heat some lead up to 310 degrees instead of 621 degrees, is it semi-melted? Inquiring minds want to know.
Don