lapua brass

[pwdrbrn]

hi everyone wondering, shoot'n .338lm,using lapua brass(hard time reaching them,lapua)
any how does any one have an idea on how many times you may anneal brass,considering lapua claim's at least 10 reload's per case with good reloading ethics. now still developing a round (frustrating considering all the powder's now being introduced). i now have 3 reload's on this lot of 100,now sticking(bolt tuff to remove (light load's). sorry for the long windiness.

[SixPointEight]

You can anneal as much as you need to. Some of the top bench rester's are annealing once every firing, or every other firing. Some anneal every 3, 5, 7 loads etc. Up to you.

Interesting that you mention the sticking, I have some lapua brass that sticks in my chamber AFTER firing, even at minimum loads. I am going to give annealing a try, and see if I get anywhere.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=412581

[pwdrbrn]

thank's for the info,sorry for the late reply.trying annealing this weekend let you know

[C.G.]

Sounds like you may be shooting hot loads. Depending on temperature, my bolt starts to get sticky after about 87 grains of RL25 and 300 grain bullets.