il.bill
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I have a buddy who walked out of an estate sale with hundreds of cleaned .38 Special cases from a deceased reloader and he has offered me my choice of either bag. I will be reloading these with only moderate loads, using 158 grain semi wad cutters (both plated and coated) over 3.5 grains of Bullseye, 4.5 grains of CFE Pistol, and 3.5 grains of Titegroup. One lot is brass and the other is nickel plated. What are the pros and cons of each?
I suspect that the brass cases would tend to last through more reloadings for my purposes, but the shiny nickel cases sure would look pretty, especially after pulling out the less than 1% that I see have the plating starting to deteriorate.
What can you tell me and my buddy about brass and/or nickel cases for reloading .38 Special? Thanks for any info you can share.
I suspect that the brass cases would tend to last through more reloadings for my purposes, but the shiny nickel cases sure would look pretty, especially after pulling out the less than 1% that I see have the plating starting to deteriorate.
What can you tell me and my buddy about brass and/or nickel cases for reloading .38 Special? Thanks for any info you can share.