Midway is selling 500 .357 magnum nickel brass for $52.99, And 500 Brass brass for 50.99. For that price which would you buy?
Leif Wold

Honestly? Neither!

Why pay that much when you can get Winmchester or Remington for $80/1000 or Starline for $70/1000?

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Where???

http://www.starlinebrass.com/
$75.50 for 1000 .357 mag

It's good brass, especially for the price.

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Thanks a bunch,
LW

I was hoping someone would jump into this discussion with some thoughts on nickel-plated Vs. brass cases. Any thoughts out there? Advantages of one over another?

Input - I need input,
Johnny 5

I don't know about straight-walled pistol cases but I wouldn't use nickel-plated brass for a rifle...the damn stuff will come off after awhile.

To my mind, straight wall handgun cartridges in nickle seem to clean up easier and seem to work better in carbide sizer dies than brass (but it might just be my imagination). They don't corrode if you forget and leave a bunch stuck in a leather cartridge belt.

I always wondered what they'd be like for a bottle neck rifle cartridge. I'd think they'd get brittle quicker than brass with repeated reloading. Anybody nnow for sure?

-WSJ

I've seen comments numerous times about the nickel flaking off, but, I've been using them for years in 223, 7-08, 308, 30-06, with some being reloaded 5 or 6 times, and I've yet to have any such problems.

They DO seem to be less sticky in the resizing die than the brass ones.

R-WEST

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For my .357 I use Starline brass brass.

For my .38SPL I use Nickel brass. I want to tell the 2 apart even on brain fart days.

The other week at the range, I saw a guy shooting a 30-06 with factory loads using nickel brass. I asked him for the brass and used one for a test. I had often wondered how well the nickel brass would work for reforming to 338-06 AI. I thought for sure that the nickle would split or chip around the neck and shoulder when I expanded or fire formed. I necked up to 338 and loaded along with some others loaded middle of the road. To my surprise it worked perfectly without any sign of flaking nickel and taking a sharp, well formed shoulder. I have loaded that case 4 times and it is still perfect. They resize more easily as well.

-Catter

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