Dudemeister
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Almost everyone at my local range uses brass cases, and my nickle cases are easy to spot. I also use a red marker around the primer, which really makes it easy to differentiate, but to be sure, a nice shiny nickle case with a copper plated bullet on top certainly looks great.
Some of my oldest cases are nickle plated .38 SPL, and the nickle started wearing out in places, but never had any splits. I did have a few that the nickle flaked off around the mouth, and they went in the trash, but they're not any more fragile than normal brass.
Some of my oldest cases are nickle plated .38 SPL, and the nickle started wearing out in places, but never had any splits. I did have a few that the nickle flaked off around the mouth, and they went in the trash, but they're not any more fragile than normal brass.