Thread: Annealing after sizing?

Hi all.

I haven't tried annealing brass before, but after F/L sizing and cleaning a bunch of .243 brass and noticing a few of them had split necks, I'm keen to give it a go. I'll be using the hand / blowtorch method.

I assume annealing is best done before sizing to get the full benefit of the softened brass, but as I've already sized this lot, should I go ahead and anneal or just load 'em up and do it next time around? And if I anneal now, do I need to run them back through the sizing die?

I've also got quite a bit of fully prepped 2x and 3x fired 7mmWSM brass that is looking fine, but as it is quite hard to come by, I'm tempted to anneal that now if it makes sense. This lot has been sized with a bushing die though, so supposedly not worked as much. I also don't know how many firings the .243 brass has had, as it was given to me by a good bloke on here.

Cheers, Rob