Unless someone else here actually knows what they’re talking about (in which case, they should feel free to correct me), I’m not at all sure what the value is in making rifle ammo with nickel cases. My understanding of the main reason it’s used for defensive handgun ammo is that it doesn’t oxidize like brass does. It stays nice and smooth and shiny when carried around in a holster.Ojaileveraction wrote:Thicker cases can mean higher pressures from less case capacity.
The persnickity will measure and sort . And there is some info on the capacity of different brands on the Web.
I'm not a sorter. I tried keeping tabs on how many times cases had been shot but failed at that fairly quickly.
I was given 50 or so Nickle cases and I keep those separate, never used them, someone told me that's what take hunting because of some intrinsic quality of nickel cases. Can't remember what it was.
I have a sneaking suspicion that with high end hunting ammo, they use nickel plated brass because it looks cool.