.308 nickel

[Joe226]

Is Fed GMM nickle just as reload-able as Fed GMM brass, does it wear out quicker or does it last longer than regular brass?

[NRAhighpowershooter]

one of my HP buddys has a 308 bolt gun for match work.. he has over 35 reloads per case for his nickle cases.....

[buffybuster]

Nickeled cases reload just fine. An observation, but seems like I get cracked necks earlier with nickeled cases that with brass. I didn't do an empirical study but that's what is seems like. I chalked it up to hydrogen embrittlement due to the nickel plating.

[Peter W Bush]

I also get more cracked necks with nickel, even in .357 magnum loads. That said.. I RARELY ever get cracked necks in general.

[Southpaw45]

I dont load 308 nickel brass but have tried some in 270 Win and I had a hell of a time trying to size them and it was new R-P brass. Never had that problem with regular brass in those same dies. The nickel brass has been sitting under my reloading bench for 12 years so far.

[ireload]

Supposedly nickel plated brass is just a bit thinner than non-plated brass thus a tendency to crack much sooner from what I have been told a while back.

[bohoki]

with federal i get loose pockets way before any neck splits

[mjsweims]

I got some new .38 Sp RP nickle-plated brass and have had about 2% splits in the first load plus about double that after the first reload. I think the nickle is more brittle. JMHO

[Full Clip]

I have .303 Brit, 30-06 and .223 nickel cases, which I use for my lead-free hunting rounds. Will have to watch for splits...