My brass life test of brass versus nickel plated brass showed about 10% fewer loadings to failure for the nickel plated for the one test I ran.
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For 6 cents each how can you go wrong? Buy them and load them till they split, you'll get your money out by far.
For 6 cents each how can you go wrong? Buy them and load them till they split, you'll get your money out by far.
I like the nickel cases for competition. I think the harder surface on the case gives a quicker reload.
Probably a placebo effect. If you carry rounds in a bandolier they will resist the corrosion effect.
Less tumbling required. Lee dies don't seem to do well with them.
RCBS seem to work good.
I don't have much for you here on this one but....I have loaded a few nickel as well as some aluminum just to see. (One reload on both a set of nickel and aluminum.) (.380 and 9's here). I did not have a problem but would not want to count on reloading the aluminum more than twice. I don't know how many times nickel will hold up.
If the two come home with me, I prep 'em and set them back. I've always thought about the aluminum as for those times I might want to shoot somewhere where I don't want to pick up or can't.
Why don't the Lee dies care for them...whats the difference???
The lee die that I used was a carbide die and it picked up some of the nickel or some particles and scratched the nickel cases.
No problem with RCBS dies.