Nickle Plated Brass
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RE: Nickle Plated Brass
AHHH!! 11 below. A crisp Fall day in North Dakota. Last year during the late part of deer seaso it was 20 below when we headed out one morning in South Dakota. I prayed we would not see a deer. We didn't. I field dressed a couple mule deer one morning when it was 13 below with a 20 mile an hour wind. Never again. My hands were hurting so bad I can still feel it if I think about it. It was the last day of Muzzle loader season in South Dakota which runs into Jan. After I got done I got stuck and had to put the chains on the truck to get out. During the climb out one chain came off and got wraped around the axel houseing. I had to crawl under the truck and it took 20 minutes to get it off. I finally got home and walked in the house and the wife said "HI Dear did you have fun hunting?" She didn't ask that question again for several years. Oh the joy of the great outdoors. Oh I don't like nickel brass either.
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RE: Nickle Plated Brass
I have blackpowder hunted in below zero weather a couple of times...it sucks! But being the "adventurous" soul I am...I figured why not try it?
Handloader1, getting back to the topic it had to have been either Federal or Winchester brass. WHen the WSM's first came out I ended up with a lot of nickle plated brass..reloaded it twice or three times(don't remember) and then chucked it.
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RE: Nickle Plated Brass
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OldElkHunter:
I guess it could even have been Remington brass. Now I wished I had asked him. Good luck.
OldElkHunter:
I guess it could even have been Remington brass. Now I wished I had asked him. Good luck.
Do that or look at the head of the case and see if it says Remington or R-P (I think)
#17
RE: Nickle Plated Brass
Nickel-plated brass goes through a resizing die like butter, it also resists corrosion. I have noticed that nickel coated brass does become brittle after a few loadings but I am not afraid of using them as I always Inspect all brass I reload before and after reloading. I have heard the reason of the brittleness is due to chemicals the brass is dipped in before the brass is dipped in nickel during the plating process.
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RE: Nickle Plated Brass
I use rp nickle brass in a 22-250. been through the process with it 4 times. no problems. No neck splits. The last two times I just neck sized it (bump sized) using a rcbs full length die. I'm to cheap to buy a redding neck sizer and bushings. Never a problem. I've reloaded a 338 mag in nickle, the primer pockets felt a tad loose, but otherwise no problems, haven't loaded 338 in regular brass to compare.