I have about 10-20k cases I got at a range and cleaned and sorted them. The majority of the pistol casings are nickel 9 & 40. I need to off-load them and I’m curious what they are worth. How desirable are they compared to regular brass?
I couldn’t find anything in the search. Thanks in advance.
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Check… www.brassworld.com
I use nickel plated brass for loading carry ammo because of the higher lubricity and it doesn’t tarnish. Other than that, it is less desirable in the long run because the nickel plating process makes brass brittle, you’ll never get as many loadings out of it as plain brass, or that has been my experience.
They’re worth whatever the market will bear…
I bought 1,000 or so several years ago, because I like nickel cases for reloading. I think I bought them from TJ Conavera, and I think I paid $100-120.
As long as there are brass cases, I wouldn’t pay much at all for nickel-plating.
They crack too easily and I’ve had to clean nickel shavings out of my sizing dies. I let those who like shiny have them
I like shiny.
I keep hearing horror stories about split cases and damaged dies, but I’ve never had a problem. I shoot .40S&W through a Glock, too.
My (few) nickel plated cases seem to get dull when wet media tumbled. The regular unplated looks much better most of the time.
Seems to have mixed emotions… Thanks for the opinions.
As for wet tumbling, that’s how I cleaned mine and they were beautiful. Maybe you’re going for too much time. I only did about 30 minutes on mine.
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I bought mine before wet tumbling became common… I have a Frankfort rotary tumbler, but I’ll save it for regular brass cases.
The nickel cases come out of vibratory tumbler looking terrific after a half hour or so.
Could be that the SS media is removing the plating. I run my loads for 3 hours. Just to where the pockets are almost all clean. I don’t mind one way or the other… just an observation that the Thumlers system seems to dull them a little.