Anneal before cleaning brass?

[Braindoc]

I have more time on my hands since retiring and I plan to anneal every firing. My past usual procedure was to neck size and decap with a Lee collet die, Wet tumble, dry and then resize with a Redding body die. I used to anneal after 3 firings but that was usually after the cleaning step.
Is it ok to anneal (using an Annealeze home made type) right after firing? even before the decapping/neck size step?

 

[sam1colt]

Yes it’s is. I usually give a quick rub around the neck with some steel wool to clean it up a bit but even that’s not necessary. Great video by champion F Class shooter Eric Cortina on the subject.

 

[TheBoctor]

I mean, it's fine in a sense that it won't hurt anything. But annealing after neck sizing kind of defeats the purpose. I always deprime, wet tumble, anneal, then do all of my sizing work.

 

[Smittiac]

Deprime, Clean, Anneal, Size, Trim, C/B, prime, powder, boolit aka freedom seed.

Bonus of annealing after cleaning is if you wet tumble/ultrasonic it speeds up the drying process a tad.

EDIT: Erik uses a AMP now as does most everyone else cept me cause I'm poor lol Bernzomatic 4 life!

 

[ditter]

decap, wet tumble, anneal, size (debur/chamfer/mandrel), prime powder, seat

 

[Braindoc]

I was thinking the use of a Lee Collet Die may affect the usual sequence hence I want to be sure annealing before cleaning made an effect.

 

[Steel head]

I very rarely clean my brass.
Sometimes I scotchbright the neck/shoulder.
They anneal just fine.

 

[IHFarmer07]

Most anneal after cleaning if you do. Like someone said already, if you wet tumble, annealing after you do that helps dry the brass.

 

[AllenOne1]

It should work fine if you do it that way every time. Personally I would not size before annealing since I would believe right or wrong that the heat could move the neck due to the expansion and contraction during the annealing process.

For rifle only: I deprime, clean the primer pocket, wipe off the outside of the case, anneal, size with a bushing die, finish size with a mandrel die.

 

[elfster1234]

I have more time on my hands since retiring and I plan to anneal every firing. My past usual procedure was to neck size and decap with a Lee collet die, Wet tumble, dry and then resize with a Redding body die. I used to anneal after 3 firings but that was usually after the cleaning step.
Is it ok to anneal (using an Annealeze home made type) right after firing? even before the decapping/neck size step?

I usually anneal every time I reload & also anneal brass after I wash using my EP 2.0 annealer & just uploaded a bunch of videos showing how I anneal brass with my annealer here www.epintegrations.com