| DUGABOY1 |
| (.400 member) |
| 09/04/08 07:56 AM |
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Re: federal .470 brass
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Not sure if this is legit or not--but when I asked why Remington had nickel on their 416 cases I was told that it helped in the extraction process...again not sure if that is 100% accurate but that is what I was told..
Ripp
Absolutely true!
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could it be on the rockwell scale nickle is harder than brass and will expand less making extraction easier,
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Or perhaps its more resistant to oxidation in the african climate?
The nickel plateing is for only two purposes, #1 is to aid in extraction regardless of weather conditions. And #2 to avoid corrosion in very humid climated, glueing the case to the chamber walls! This plating is valuable in Alaska as well, and no matter the wet, for days on end, the case remains as slick as greesed goose crap, and will eject easily.
Too bad the poster is in Spain, because I'd buy his brass in a heartbeat!
