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Offline OnTheFly

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Case material. Steel, nickel plated, or...?
« on: May 07, 2016, 01:27:33 PM »
I've got a lot of these, and I'm wondering if I can reload them.

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Re: Case material. Steel, nickel plated, or...?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2016, 02:24:20 PM »
sure you can, those cases are just nickel plated brass cases. I load lead bullets in my brass, and jacketed in my nickel, just to keep it all the same    ( you can file off the nickel and see the brass underneath,)
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Re: Case material. Steel, nickel plated, or...?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2016, 09:15:45 PM »
You know, I could have just used a magnet to determine whether they are steel if I had thought of that earlier. DUH!

That's why they don't give me tools at work. Just $40,000,000 highly automated airplanes to fly.  ::)

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Re: Case material. Steel, nickel plated, or...?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2016, 08:03:29 AM »
Tumble them enuf, soon the nickel plating will start to wear thin.

Eventually even be gone.   Worn off.

Then they're back to plain old ordinary everyday brass cases.

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Re: Case material. Steel, nickel plated, or...?
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2016, 01:48:56 PM »
Quote from: OnTheFly on May 07, 2016, 09:15:45 PM
That's why they don't give me tools at work. Just $40,000,000 highly automated airplanes to fly. 

Seems one could make a Joke here about "Playing with your joy stick all day long"  :o....but I won't make it   ;D :laugh:
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Re: Case material. Steel, nickel plated, or...?
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2016, 09:14:26 PM »
Just a quick note about nickle plated brass: it has a rather limited reload life. The nickle plate will cause the brass to fail in fewer reloads than plain brass. Watch for cracking around the case mouth mostly in the crimp area. Sometimes sides just give up. Like anything else...results and opinion vary. It is particularly good for putting up some "emergency" reserve since the nickle plate will reduce corrosion (like a brass case..brown...green).
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