[BILLY D.]

well shut mah mouth. here i go again. i use nickel brass in two of my firearms exclusively.

my 7mm/275 rigby that i built and dedicated to osa johnson, and my 45 lc/colt ruger bh.

in the rifle i thought the copper bullets really looked neat in the silver cases. i thought osa would like that. kinda dresses/fancies things up a tad.

in the 45 i use them to separate the +p hunting loads from the rest.

i have never experienced any problems using nickel cases and they all have several reloadings on them.

to answer your first question, they do not last as long as straight brass cases, i understood this when i started my projects and when the cases are worn out i have plenty more to replace them with.

i don't know if you know the reason for nickle cases so here is the short story. they were mainly invented for law enforcement personel to carry in the belt webs. leather corrodes brass and makes ammo look real crappy. after a few years on duty the chief thinks it looks undignified for an officer to have corroded ammo in his service belt.