Budget .223/5.56 "Precision" Upper?
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Originally Posted by
Bimmer
To hijack my own thread... Do you have any problems using nickel cases?
I use them almost exclusively for handgun rounds (and I like them, have had no issues, and will never go back to plain brass), but everything I've read about reloading rifle rounds says to avoid them.
I also use them exclusively for handgun. I keep the bare brass I get in a pile for rainy days.
They reload beautifully, at least once. The issue people have with them is cracking at the neck due to the nickel being less strain tolerant during the resize so they may have lower reuse count. I haven’t reloaded mine enough yet to provide that input. But they clean fantastically, they resize smoothly (nickel has a high lubricity so although I use a case lube it is easier to size than other cases). Excessively flaring the case mouth for bullet seating is a danger.
* I have a couple cases I took thru reload #3, but most I have are only been reloaded once so far.
Nickel is very easy to find on the ground after shooting. But then, it’s a tossup if you’re better off losing more and getting higher reload count?
I use bare brass for 308 and 3006, so only tried nickel cases for 223.
Andrew - Lancaster, CA
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