Kachok
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This is not a question reguarding mil-surp cases that were not intended to be reloaded, more of a theory question. I know brass tends to have a better combonation of workability/strength then run of the mill mil-surp steel cases, but steel is a very broad term, mild steels can be very soft and workable, while high grades of steel are so hard they are brittle and have higher tensile strength then titanium. Since steel has a great capasity to absorb heavy loads many thousands of times in theory could it make for a better case then brass for repeated reloads given the right grade of steel? Other case materials intrest me too, but most of the others I have seen have fatal flaws, aluminum has very poor elastic properties, and many of the exotic materials would simply be too pricy to be useable.