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Ansgar
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Posted: 27 May 2008 04:53 PM |
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Four brass questions from a newbie.
1. Is nickel plated brass better? I've read that the case surfaces are made harder by nickel plating.
2. If the nickel plated cases are a hardened surface, does that translate to more wear on your barrel chamber?
3. If you don't mind, would you rank the following brass manuf. in descending order of quality? Hornady, Lapua, Remington, Winchester, Nosler (When buying my first brass I'd like to buy the best I can afford. Obviously, I would like your opinion, based on your experiences.)
4. Why are so many brass sources "sold out"?
Thanks for lesson.
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saddlesore
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Posted: 27 May 2008 06:53 PM |
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Nickle brass is harder on your dies, but generally no worse on your chamber. You can pay thebig differnce of the Laupa bras abut if you have a std cut chamber on a std production run gun,you will not see much differnce.
I have run std militray brass, Winchester, Reminton and military match brass and have not found an elk or deer that know the differnce..
It'st he hot loads that end brass life rather than hte brand
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Posted: 30 May 2008 06:53 AM |
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| Ansgar, I am told and have read that if you can stay away from nickel plated brass, you will be better served. There is a website http://www.varmintal.com that discusses nickel plated brass in pretty good detail. I was inclined to reload some in 270WSM but after reading the article, have chosen not to. Hope this helps.
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Posted: 30 May 2008 11:48 AM |
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| depends a lot on how you use it.if yer gonna hotrod it stay away from nickel. i have a 6.5/06 that i make cases for from 270 win.when i bought a 270 i wanted cases i could id quickly as the proper loads for it.i bought once fired nickel cases.i only fl sized those that wouldnt fit the chamber.i shoot a 140 gr at 2900 fps so case expansion is not a problem.i only neck size to keep working the brass to a minimum.otherwise i wouldnt have them.
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Posted: 30 May 2008 02:11 PM |
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Can't really add much more to what the gang has said here.
1. Nickel is harder than a lot of materials, including brass. However, as you already know, nickel is simply plated onto cartridge brass. I've heard it can cause slightly decreased case capacity as a result. On the upside, it is more corrosion resistant but I don't know too many of us who are going to cache ammo in saltwater to see much of an advantage of choosing nickel over standard brass.
2. More wear on your chamber? I doubt it. Though you'll probably see more wear than normal on your dies - carbide dies would be the best option for nickel plated brass.
3. Order of quality for brass? I'm sure there is a scale or ranking of sorts out there but I don't pay any attention to it. I always use Remington or Winchester as they're the most commonly found components in my reloading sources. No matter how much you pay for brass or how great a quality it may be as far as tolerances go, after you fire it and/or run it through a reloading die, it's all brought to the same specs.
4. As far as things being sold out I can only guess that the metal markets are up so high that they're selling as fast as they can produce plus reloaders fear of a lack of components next year due to politics.
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Posted: 30 May 2008 02:58 PM |
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Thanks fellas. This is a nice set of data and it answers my questions nicely.
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