Is silver "brass" the same?

[lovethebigguns]

I do some reloading for my 7MM Rem Mag and I bought some factory Federals and they are the silver casings. When I go to reload them is there any difference between these and the regular brass casings?

[bronko22000]

You don't have to do anything different. These are still brass cases, they are just nickel plated.

[mauser06]

i posted about them once...and alot of reloaders said they didnt like them for some reason.........they should be posting sometime.....maybe i read them wrong........but i think there was a reason they didnt like them....i personally like the look of them! lol...i dont reload so i dont know for sure...except what i read here........i read about everything im interested in...i dont bow hunt but i pop in there too just becasue one day i want to and love to read about stuff......

[rjhans53]

Quite a few of the guys I know that reload think that the nickel plating is harder than brass and dulls there trimmers faster. I really like using it for the 1st 50 or 100 rounds out of a freshly cut chamber for the reason they are harder and in my feeble mind might help to knock any little spurs flat in the chamber area, does it really work, don't know but I do resize nickel plated 30-06 cases for 8 x 57 and use the same loads. I don't see any pressure signs

[charlie brown]

I think what people have run into with nickel plated brass is with the difference in hardness between the two. When you resize a case, the brass stretches back out to a little larger dimensions than what it was actually sized to in the sizing die. The Nickel stretches to a slightly different dimension. After several firings of this, especially in bottle neck cartridges, it can cause the nickel and brass to separate from each other and start to chip (or so I have heard). Now, I have not reloaded nickel plated brass, but looking at the two metals' properties would show that they have different hardnesses, which would make this theory correct.

[eldeguello]

ORIGINAL: lovethebigguns

I do some reloading for my 7MM Rem Mag and I bought some factory Federals and they are the silver casings. When I go to reload them is there any difference between these and the regular brass casings?

I prefer the nickel plated cases for hunting ammo because it does not corrode and seems to be easier to keep clean. I have had no trouble reloading it, but some people seem to have problems with the nickel cases wearing their reloading dies faster than brass cases.

[vangunsmith]

Your nickel plated brass will be harder and be sure when reloading to use your burring tool inside and out of the neck after sizeing new brass,which is recommemded by the makers.I love it to use hunting,but its harder to resize because of being hard,but never seen or heard of plateing seperation as of yet from the brass. vangunsmith

[eldeguello]

ORIGINAL: vangunsmith

Your nickel plated brass will be harder and be sure when reloading to use your burring tool inside and out of the neck after sizeing new brass,which is recommemded by the makers.I love it to use hunting,but its harder to resize because of being hard,but never seen or heard of plateing seperation as of yet from the brass. vangunsmith

I've never had a plating separation problem with seldom-reloaded rifle cases, but have seen plenty of it on .38 Special match cases which were reloaded continually.....

[cataway]

the silver brass was made with a nickel plating for realey just one reason it wont turn green when caried in lether shell holders other than that its all most the same,it is harder and will crack with alot of use