Maybe of interest:
http://www.pt103.gdinc.com/manuals/A..._1961_June.pdf
1961 but has technical data.
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a094136.pdf
For some of those annealing questions.
And-(automatic download PDF) Primer pocket hardness information
www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA497469