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Anneal, resize, clean primer pocket, then trim.
"Give a lazy man the toughest job, and he will find the easiest way to do it"
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Annealing before sizing gives me less spring back when sizing, and results in very consistent brass headspace dimension.
I trim after sizing.
I anneal every other firing. This! Only I anneal every 3rd or 4th firing......
Casey
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1. Size - because you're going to lengthen brass in a FL sizing operation. That amount of lengthening will vary a little. The purpose of trimming is to get them withing spec and the same length.
2. Trim - just the most logical time to do this operation
3. Anneal - because sizing work hardens the brass. You are re-tempering the brass. If you size after, you are defeating the purpose of annealing. Could you explain how annealing after sizing defeats the purpose? It seems to me that annealing after you have work hardened by sizing makes more sense. It really shouldn't make much difference if you anneal before or after sizing as long as you do it the same way every time for consistency. You are mis-intepreting what I dsaid, or I wasn't clear. I would do annealing after sizing. I said "if you size AFTER you anneal" you're just working the brass again. You are, but minimally. If you anneal every time you reload a case, it might make sense to anneal after resizing. If you anneal after a certain number of firings, then annealing first makes the most sense.
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Anneal (after 3rd or 4th firing), clean, size, trim & chamfer This, on the money!
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