I do not understand your nagging insistence on that thrice answered query. Answered, incidentally, by posters certainly more knowledgeable than I in his respect.
- Old cases (in this case, well 55 years old if not more) better be annealed after having been fired, because of the previous (!) aging of the brass. The Blue Bible also recommends it strongly.
- New cases can be annealed after a due cycle of firings.
- Reformed cases ought to be annealed right after the forming (very necessary), and NOT too late (after the fireforming).

Carcano

Last edited by Carcano; 08/23/25 11:53 AM.