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Nickel plated brass??
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<blockquote data-quote="woods" data-source="post: 448169" data-attributes="member: 6042"><p>I had a bag of 280 rem new nickle brass and I always uniform the neck with a Lee Collet Neck Sizer. The neck ID on the new brass was smaller than the collet mandrel and this is what it did to the mandrel</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/DIES/DSCN0743.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/DIES/DSCN0747.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now the collet mandrel is probably not the hardest die material out there and it may not even be case hardened, but brass cases do not do this. </p><p></p><p>So if you are sizing a case the first thing that hit the inside of the die is the mouth opening and it is forced smaller into the die neck. I would bet you would get wear there.</p><p></p><p>Here is what Varmint Al has to say about it</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.varmintal.net/arelo.htm#Nickel_Brass" target="_blank">Varmint Al's Handloading/Reloading Page</a></p><p></p><p>not that he is always right but just some additional info</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woods, post: 448169, member: 6042"] I had a bag of 280 rem new nickle brass and I always uniform the neck with a Lee Collet Neck Sizer. The neck ID on the new brass was smaller than the collet mandrel and this is what it did to the mandrel [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/DIES/DSCN0743.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/DIES/DSCN0747.jpg[/IMG] Now the collet mandrel is probably not the hardest die material out there and it may not even be case hardened, but brass cases do not do this. So if you are sizing a case the first thing that hit the inside of the die is the mouth opening and it is forced smaller into the die neck. I would bet you would get wear there. Here is what Varmint Al has to say about it [url=http://www.varmintal.net/arelo.htm#Nickel_Brass]Varmint Al's Handloading/Reloading Page[/url] not that he is always right but just some additional info [/QUOTE]
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