Dressed in Nickel

[RamRoddoc]

This has been my experience with nickel 38 & 357 cases...the nickel ones are brittle and don't last long. When I buy a mixed batch of cases, I usually end up selling the nickel ones to the cowboy action shooters...they seem to love them.

Same experience too. Nickel is good for leather belt loops and doesn't tarnish or green up on the leather.

 

[Bayou]

Same experience too. Nickel is good for leather belt loops and doesn't tarnish or green up on the leather.

Good point - never thought about nickel being better for use in leather straps and belts....

Bayou

 

[Wellison]

Sounds like a nice system you have there. For cleaning brass, I use a Thumlers tumbler with SS pins. I get decent results as shown in the pic:

Bayou

Very nice! Which model Thumlers Tumbler do you have? Do you also use their brass polish? Does Thumlers only sell direct?

Thanks,
WEllison

 

[Bayou]

Very nice! Which model Thumlers Tumbler do you have? Do you also use their brass polish? Does Thumlers only sell direct?

Thanks,
WEllison

I use a Thumlers model B high speed for wet stainless steel tumbling. No brass polish is used. I tumble in auto wash and wax. Thumlers tumblers can be purchased directly from many vendors. Just google it and tons of vendors pop up.

Bayou

 

[insulinboy]

I am going to end up picking up some nickle plated stuff for my self defense loads.. but I shoot way to much to use them regularly

boy do they look nice though

 

[Flashover16]

That's what I do , I load most of my self defense ammo in Nickle as it sits longer without use.
The other thing that I try to load almost exclusively is my 38 Super rounds as it makes the brass so much easier to find mixed among the other 9 MM spend brass and easier to see in the grass
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[Bayou]

That's what I do , I load most of my self defense ammo in Nickle as it sits longer without use.
The other thing that I try to load almost exclusively is my 38 Super rounds as it makes the brass so much easier to find mixed among the other 9 MM spend brass and easier to see in the grass
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For myself, I find that people who sell cases put a premium price on brass cases and often sell nickel cases a little bit cheaper. I've bought thousands of nickel cases in 45 ACP for $50 per thousand shipped to my door. I think I've got about a lifetime supply for my own use.....

When at the range, more than one ange officer has remarkied how good that ammo looks. Nice compliments, indeed.....

Bayou

 

[gh1950]

boy do they look nice though

That's the reason I use them -- they just look so pretty. Seriously, they seem to clean up easier than brass in pistol rounds.