[4runnerman]

Hello Swapman1- I do not anneal 223 brass,as it is to easy to come by. All my other rifles, I anneal every 4th reload. It will extend your brass life and the neck seating is more even. My set up is very crude but makes due very well.
I take 2 torches, face them toward each other so flames meet. Grab brass with pliers and hold into flame for the count of 5. Since flames is wider than the case it does a very good job at getting all the way around the case evenly. Drop them in a tub of ice water and I am done. Never timed myself ,but I can fly through 100 pcs very fast. Brass is getting to be a very exspensive part of reloading latley,If you can find what you need first of all. I like to get as many reloads out of it as I can. I have gotten as many as 14 reloads on my 308 brass,18 reloads on my Norma 6MMBR brass, 10 on my 243 and 22-250 brass. I shoot a lot so I need it to last. As for pistol brass, Never done it,never will. I lose them long before they are shot.

You can tell very fast when you go to chamfer if you did a good job annealing. They chamfer real nice and the feeling you get while chamfering them is like cutting warm butter as apposed to cold butter. Smooth and easy.