Yawn******,, Funny thing is, two folks here have offered to anneal the OP's brass and the type alot know it all aint one of them.
Offer stands OP, send me a PM and I will be more than glad to anneal your brass and show you how well the Annealeez machine works.
So.....
I shoot at the range. I police my brass. I separate, de-prime, tumble, clean, ext... Then throw it into the hopper and pull the lever.... Simple, RIGHT?
Dead Duck said:At what point do I Anneal?
Why do I Anneal?
And - What the **** is Annealing?
Dead Duck said:Heating up the neck of my tapered brass.... is this a Heat Treating method?
Dead Duck said:Bath Salts??? Lead Pots???
Dead Duck said:CAN'T I JUST SIT, PULL MY LEVER AND BE DONE ALREADY???
When I started shooting a lot of rds. with AR-10's into itty- bitty groups, I was reloading a lot of brass.
The consistent neck tension, with or without crimp is needed for accuracy with semi-auto reloads.
A lot of my brass has been reloaded 10 times or more and has too little grip, if you will, on the bullet