Tubby45

Sounds like bullet casting is up your alley.

friesepferd

hehe. yea. i do enough of it at school and work.
im sure ill get into it soon enough.
actually, i just made my first few rounds last night. finally got my 9mm dies in the mail. cant wait to try em out.
(i have made plenty of .45 and such, but they werent MINE. theres a diff)

Miggy

Question for friesepferd: I heard stories that nickel-plated cases will crack much faster than regular brass ones. Is it a rumor or is it true?

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Tubby45

Rumor. I use a lot of nickel brass in 10mm. They have seen over a dozen full power loads with no chipping or splitting.

Miggy

Thanks Tubmeister!

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friesepferd

yea, i cant see nickel plating causing cracks much faster. maybe ever so slightly, but i doubt enough that you would notice.
there are much greater factors going into to it. that would be a minor one.

HotGuns

Some nicke plated cases crack more than others.

I quit using them just for that reason, there was no comparison to the all brass cases.

The worst offender seems to be the .357 mag. Also noticable on .45 ACP.

As for annnealing the cases, it is best done in low light so that you can tell when the case turns a dull red. When its that color you just tip it over into the water. Works well.

Some cases need it more than others. I've never bothered with the pistol brass but as already stated, some of the harder to get stuff could benefit from it after being reloaded several times. I usually only do it with the harder to get milsurp stuff. I'll keep shooting it till the necks start splitting and then I'll anneal the whole lot of them. That will make it good for several more reloads. When they start splitting again, I anneal them again. It works.

The thing is though, that if the brass is pretty common, I wont bother with annealing, I'll just get new brass and be done with it.

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Jeff F

Annealing normal every day cheap pistol cases is really of no value. The cost to replace brass compared to the trouble of annealing them does not make it worth while. Where annealing really comes into play is with brass that's not economical to just replace. I shoot black powder cartridge rifles and when cases cost upward to $2.00 each you anneal them to keep them from splitting. It also increase accuracy due to more consistent neck tensions and more uniform bullet release. Here's a good overview of annealing and a annealing machine video for those interested.

The Art and Science of Annealing

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HotGuns

That is a great article and definatley worth the read.

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