Brass Plated Steel

[SilentVapor631]

Bear Ammunition Golden Bear .223 Remington 55 Grain Full Metal Jacket Steel Cased Centerfire Rifle Ammunition AG223FMJ Caliber: .223 Remington, Number of Rounds.​

Can You use this Brass Plated Steel for reloading ??

just Learning about reloading before getting into it.

 

[spife7980]

Don’t waste your time and effort

 

[SilentVapor631]

Thank You

 

[JimGnitecki]

Agree. That ammo is not designed to be reloaded. The steel case does not behave at all like brass, and you would get unacceptable results.

Jim G

 

[x2cross]

Starline 223 brass is a great place to start. It's been showing up in stock occasionally

 

[Baron23]

Bit of a hijack but kind of similar question, I have some Fed nickel coated brass that came from their 6.5 cm loaded with Berger 135 gr hybrid hunter.

It was good shooting ammo, I don't have a lot of it, but I do have these cases in a box on the shelf and was just wondering if they are worth even messing with.

I'm thinking probably not.

And any idea why this ammo has nickel plated brass?

Cheers

 

[supercorndogs]

There are some threads about nickel plate brass. I have some for my 280 I use for hunting ammo. It seems to size the same as regular brass, I can't tell any real difference. I have only reloaded some of it 3x at most.

 

[JimGnitecki]

Nickel plate cases provide some corrosion protection in wet environments. However, they react a differently than brass when sized and since Nickel is harder than brass, they could notably increase wear on dies. I suspect that is why no one recommends them for reloading.

Jim G