How many of you use nickel cases for your handgun ammo reloading?
I ask because I recently was given a big batch of them in 40 S&W. I have had two steel size dies ruined by nickel, at least that is what RCBS told me, but they were bottle neck cases that I was sizing, one was a 357 SIG and the other was a 223 REM. RCBS replaced them but I received a note in with the new dies that that specifically stated NOT to use nickel cases.
I don't know if the bottleneck case and steel die was the magic combination that caused the problem, or whether I just got lucky.
I have plenty of 40 S&W brass so if I can't/shouldn't use them it is not that big of a deal. However, I really would like to use them if I'm not risking damaging a carbide die.