Hornady Brass

[ChrisF]

I just acquired some.405 Hornady Brass for my Winchester 1895 Rifle. Is it necessary to anneal the Hornady Brass?

[Randy Bohannon]

If I want the following out of my brass then yes it does need annealing.

Hard to find and expensive brass, yes

Low pressure cartridges that will be using B/P or cast lead bullets,yes

If I want top accuracy, yes

[Don McDowell]

No the Hornady 405 brass comes annealed.

[ChrisF]

What about after several firings should I then

[Don McDowell]

That would be your call I suppose. I have brass that has been fired hundreds of times over the last 15 years or more that is still shooting just as well as when it was new.

[TAA]

I've used Hornady 405 Winchester cases for my .40-70 1 1/2 (ss) since 2010. The same (150) cases and not one failure. I anneal at the start of each shooting season. And after annealing I check the case length and they hardly ever get longer. (Not sure if that has anything to do with anything.)

Tom

[bruce m]

hornady 405 brass i have used is good brass.
considerations re annealing.
brass cases are not fully annealed, but partially annealed.
for smokeless ammunition they require a different partial anneal than for lower pressure black powder which is better brought to a softer condition.
my own brass, being used for black was brought to a little more softness than from the factory.
after that all ammunition had bullets finger seated in fireformed cases, so hardly ever needed further treatment.
bruce.