Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

[DT1]

I picked up a quantity of nickle plated 300 Win Mag brass awhile back (Remington) and am having an unusual problem with it. The brass is shaving off the jacket of the bullets when I seat them.

I resized the brass just to be sure it's in spec and am still having the issue. Any suggestions as to why this might be happening or how to handle it?

Thanks!

 

[jrpilot]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

The Nickel is very rough, and very hard. I have had, and also seen a lot of problems while using nickel brass. I will never use it in a bolt gun again. It usually doesnt last as long as normal brass does either. I was told this is due to the nickel plating process, and it actually hardens the brass.

 

[DT1]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback, I didn't know that about nickle brass.

 

[johndoe]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

Most everyone has that problem + others like the shavings
getting in the die's also. Alot of people frown on the nickle.

 

[jrpilot]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

I had nickel brass even wreck the expander button on a set of my dies.

 

[DT1]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

Sounds like an inherent problem with nickle plated brass. I wonder why anyone makes it? Are there any supposed advantages to it over regular brass?

 

[goose316]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

Yeah.....It looks COOL!......but its JUNK!

 

[jrpilot]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

The only good thing about it is that it will not corrode.

 

[Grumulkin]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DT1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I resized the brass just to be sure it's in spec and am still having the issue. Any suggestions as to why this might be happening or how to handle it?</div></div>

Just curious, when you buy loaded ammo, do you resize it to be sure it's in spec? What you did is make the neck of the case smaller which contributed to the shaving problem. Also, did you chamfer the mouths of the cases? If not, that made things even worse.

Another problem with nickel cases is that they'll dull cutters quickly when you trim them. I use nickel cases at times but when trimming time comes, I use a trim die and file.

 

[sdb777]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

This is the only thing I use nickle/chrome brass for:

I find the time it takes to prepare the nickle plated stuff to reload it's really worth the effort(unless the new brass was absolutely free). Just easier to cut it up, machine it for a few moments and then make a pen out of it!



Scott (brass is just better) B

 

[DT1]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Grumulkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DT1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I resized the brass just to be sure it's in spec and am still having the issue. Any suggestions as to why this might be happening or how to handle it?</div></div>

Just curious, when you buy loaded ammo, do you resize it to be sure it's in spec? What you did is make the neck of the case smaller which contributed to the shaving problem. Also, did you chamfer the mouths of the cases? If not, that made things even worse.

Another problem with nickel cases is that they'll dull cutters quickly when you trim them. I use nickel cases at times but when trimming time comes, I use a trim die and file. </div></div>

No, I don't resize the brass on loaded ammo. I'm not sure what you mean??

The nickle brass shaved the jacket when seating the bullet so I resized the necks on subsequent pieces to be sure it was in spec. It still shaved the jacket.

Thank you for your other comments.

 

[DT1]

Re: Problem with nickle plated 300WM brass

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sdb777</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is the only thing I use nickle/chrome brass for:

I find the time it takes to prepare the nickle plated stuff to reload it's really worth the effort(unless the new brass was absolutely free). Just easier to cut it up, machine it for a few moments and then make a pen out of it!



Scott (brass is just better) B</div></div>

Nice looking pen Scott!