…specifically .223 Rem brass.
I’ve recently come in to quite a bit of this, Winchester head stamp nickel plated .223. Now like most of us, I’ve got many years of experience with nickel plated pistol and revolver brass but I have a full pure zero experience with nickel plated bottle-neck rifle brass.
I know what’s good about nickel plated (it cleans easily, it stays clean and it’s slick in & out of chambers) and I know what can be bad about it… shorter case life, splits faster than yellow brass, and can be sketchy when sizing.
Who has hands-on experience with this stuff?
Here’s really the question…
I have tons of .223/5.56 yellow brass, is it worth my time investment (F/L sizing and trimming) to choose this nickel plated over just grabbing the tried ‘n true?
I’ve recently come in to quite a bit of this, Winchester head stamp nickel plated .223. Now like most of us, I’ve got many years of experience with nickel plated pistol and revolver brass but I have a full pure zero experience with nickel plated bottle-neck rifle brass.
I know what’s good about nickel plated (it cleans easily, it stays clean and it’s slick in & out of chambers) and I know what can be bad about it… shorter case life, splits faster than yellow brass, and can be sketchy when sizing.
Who has hands-on experience with this stuff?
Here’s really the question…
I have tons of .223/5.56 yellow brass, is it worth my time investment (F/L sizing and trimming) to choose this nickel plated over just grabbing the tried ‘n true?