Any harm in annealing brass twice?

SDHNTR

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I’ve got a bag of fired brass that I can’t remember if I annealed or not. If not, is there any harm in doing it twice? You can’t over anneal by doing it several times, as long as it doesn’t exceed temperature, right?
 
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You can anneal again if there is concern. I'd probably just load and go if not a competition target rifle.
 

RayF

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Parshal nailed it. The flame color tells you when you’re done. When I forget if my batch was annealed or not, I run them at a faster spin rate. If the flame turns orange quickly, chances are they’re already done once. I always sacrifice one or two to get the time right. I believe its important for them all to receive the same burn and same number of annealing runs.
 
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