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Reform W/O Annealing
jocamp64
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Do you have to anneal when reforming 30/06 to 8x57? I am using a trim and die before the regular 8x57 resizing die. This seems to work very well with the LC69 '06 brass but I am worried that not annealing could be a problem. In truth I would very much like to avoid annealing if possible.
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The change in shoulder area is not all that extreem. If your worried about dimples etc, do the reforming in two steps.
I've converted many hundreds of military '06 to 8x57 and never bothered to annealed any of them. Never found it to be required.
The change in shoulder area is not all that extreem. If your worried about dimples etc, do the reforming in two steps.
Me, too. Well, not hundreds--dozens. I keep thinking I really ought to anneal those cases, and keep not getting around to it. Haven't had any split necks yet, but then the cases have been reloaded only 3 or 4 times.
I did have a case that anneled too soft and stuck in the die when Rim ripped off during forming.
I no longer anneal. But do your self a favor and use Military Brass as to not get someone hurt with accidental chambering in a 30-06.
quote:Originally posted by XXCross
I've converted many hundreds of military '06 to 8x57 and never bothered to annealed any of them. Never found it to be required.
The change in shoulder area is not all that extreem. If your worried about dimples etc, do the reforming in two steps.
Me, too. Well, not hundreds--dozens. I keep thinking I really ought to anneal those cases, and keep not getting around to it. Haven't had any split necks yet, but then the cases have been reloaded only 3 or 4 times.
same here