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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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What do you prefer and why ??
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Vince Site Admin
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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I began shooting with plated brass for my 357. I would load it a few times and the neck would split. I trimmed them down to 38 spl length and load them a few more times. It wasn't until I got my 357 Maximum that I found out why the nickel cases were splitting. Now I use only brass cases - no plated cases in my reloads. When I switch the 357 mag to brass cases they stopped splitting. I do still have a few 38 spl cases headstamped 357 but I don't load plated cases for anything else.
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mc223 Member
Joined: Apr 02, 2006 Posts: 115 Location: S/E Kansas
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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Nickel is a tough material. Try drillin a hole in a nickel. Then heat a nickel with a torch, let it cool then try drillin it. It does get harder, just like in a fired case. Hence the split cases.
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rrogacki Member
Joined: Apr 22, 2006 Posts: 135 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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I like brass better, nickel is too brittle.
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ripper007 Member
Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 199 Location: Colorado
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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I would chose brass.
from what I have read and heard, brass last longer, and is easier on your reloading equipment, becuase it is softer, nickel is not as forgiving, like the other guys in above post have said.
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skb2706 Member
Joined: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 269
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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I have not found one good thing about nickel cases in 37 years of handloading.
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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I'll reload nickel cases 1 time then leave them for some one else to get, Dont care for them at all.
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temmi Rookie Member
Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 12
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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I have used both extensively and while I prefer Brass, I have never had any problem with performance or longevity of nickle cases… The one “different†thing about nickel cases is that they don’t seem to “grow†as much when you FL size them.
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calsibley Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 317
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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My problem with nickel cases is they're terribly tough on the reloading dies, and they dull your neck bevelling tool. I don't use them at all. Best wishes.
Cal - Montreal
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Dimitri Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5946
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Nickle vs Brass Cases |
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Guess this isnt one of thouse reloading questions with 2 camps of "thought" with different veiws. It seems to be pretty much the same school of thought on this
Dimitri
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