Do they have to be new or can they be fired? How many times can they be reused? I heard you have to have carbide dies and I didn't know if that was true.

Thanks

I agree with Eldeguello. I have stopped using nickel cases. The inside of the neck is very coarse and will often peel some of the bullet jacket off when seating a bullet. This is after the case has been neck sized and the case mouth chamfered inside & out. I think if I were going to use nickel cases I would buy an inside neck reamer and smooth the inside of the case neck.

I have used nickel cases for years ,I use carbide ( pistol) dies . The nickel dose flake off some times and the cases split a little more.
For rifle I like the looks but the cases tend to split a little more often . The cases tend to fail in reforming a lot more ,like making 7-08 out of 308 cases

I use brass not nickle plated brass. Good luck.

Is the case capacity similar to brass? I've reloaded them before with no problems but it's been a while and I can't remember what I did with the powder amounts. I know I use slighlty less powder (.5 grain) for my hot loads if I'm using Remington cases as opposed to Norma cases. Something tells me the nickel cases might have a slightly smaller case capacity due to the thick case walls. I could be wrong but it's better to go on the side of caution. You can always work the loads up.

i'm lookin for a reload for a 7mm-08 rem. i pick a new reload evey yr. for deer season.. . you have any ideas for a good load plz let me know and plz give me best info possible... powder, grains to use and case length, over all length, bullet grain, primer..the fps would be a nice too along with groupings of average of 3shots