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Can nickel plated brass take more pressure?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 98267" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>Several ammo makers have offered nickel plated brass cases. They are no stronger than plain brass ones. Their hardness can be measured at a machine shop that has a hardness tester; you'll need a couple of flat pieces of the case body wall to test.</p><p></p><p>Brass starts to extrude at about 70,000 ppsi. The thin coat of nickel on the brass is meaningless as far as strength is concerned.</p><p></p><p>The only advantage of nickel plated brass cases is they have less resistance to sliding out of a magazine so the make rapid fire with a bolt gun a bit easier. If sizing dies are a bit too rough on the inside, they will soon wear the nickel plating off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 98267, member: 5302"] Several ammo makers have offered nickel plated brass cases. They are no stronger than plain brass ones. Their hardness can be measured at a machine shop that has a hardness tester; you'll need a couple of flat pieces of the case body wall to test. Brass starts to extrude at about 70,000 ppsi. The thin coat of nickel on the brass is meaningless as far as strength is concerned. The only advantage of nickel plated brass cases is they have less resistance to sliding out of a magazine so the make rapid fire with a bolt gun a bit easier. If sizing dies are a bit too rough on the inside, they will soon wear the nickel plating off. [/QUOTE]
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