Annealing Brass Required?

[TriggerWork]

Do you only need to anneal new brass?

 

[nrar15]

You can anneal all brass keeps it from work harding and cracking making it last longer.

 

[red_zr24x4]

I'm torn on the anneling idea, I've got 30-06 brass that I've reloaded for almost 20 yrs that has never been anneled ( most is military brass). Some of it has been reloaded atleast 15-20 times.

 

[kludge]

New brass is annealed at the factory.

 

[shibumiseeker]

You don't NEED to anneal it at all. You may WANT to anneal it for a few reasons like keeping case mouth tension constant and maybe it extends case life. We just had a thread on that latter reason:
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo.../121787-case_annealing_extend_life_or_no.html