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Thread: Purpose of Nickle plated brass?

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    [QUOTE=EDG;4351551]



    https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=273399

    http://www.handgunforum.net/new-hand...corrosion.html

    https://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...rosion.776545/


    All topics on brass corroding, especially in leather rigs.

    i could have posted 20 more from that 1 page of hits... but it's alot of work on a phone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Soundguy View Post
    I know.. you have never seen it, therefore it can never happen.. Oh wait.. REAL LIFE DISAGREES WITH YOU:

    https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=273399

    http://www.handgunforum.net/new-hand...corrosion.html

    https://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...rosion.776545/


    All topics on brass corroding, especially in leather rigs.

    i could have posted 20 more from that 1 page of hits... but it's alot of work on a phone.

    I know.. I know.. never happened to you.. so you won't believe it.......
    I'll add, I've had it happen in a loaded magazine. I have a dud 9mm at home that has a corroded fingerprint in it, and a couple mags of .300 BO that I fired through a borrowed Handirifle because they wouldn't feed in my AR once the cases corroded. The same lot was just fine when I loaded and fired that day at the range.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mcdaniel.mac View Post
    I'll add, I've had it happen in a loaded magazine. I have a dud 9mm at home that has a corroded fingerprint in it, and a couple mags of .300 BO that I fired through a borrowed Handirifle because they wouldn't feed in my AR once the cases corroded. The same lot was just fine when I loaded and fired that day at the range.
    Agreed! I do plenty of wheelgun shooting and have seen corroded cases at meets that are hard to chamber due to the green corrosion. I personally hate / hate to see someone having to FORCE a cartridge into a gun.

    I've never understood the naysayer mentality of "I've never seen it.. but I'll sure tell someone they are wrong"

    I load plenty of black powder and black powder subs for older /and breaktop guns, and I absolutely LOVE nickel plated brass for this. If you've never looked into a case that has been loaded with black powder, you may not understand this statement.

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    In my long reloading experience, I have found that nickel-plated brass does not last as long as regular brass in Rifle calibers. That said, I do like to use nickel-plated brass for my special deer hunting loads to identify them on sight. 30 years ago I purchased 20 each of nickel-plated brass for 22-250, 30/30 Winchester, and 25 ought 6 Remington. Of those 60 I have about 7 left in all total. The rest developed splits and cracks over time. I believe (without proof other than my own experience) that the nickel plating makes the cases brittle.

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