With the question of reloading nickel plated brass, can you...

[bronco_mudder]

or is it as effective to anneal nickel plated cases?

 

['Boo]

or is it as effective to anneal nickel plated cases?

No, you can't anneal them. The necks also seem to split sooner.

They do however look real cool when loaded with black Nosler bullets! LoL

 

[Lfsabch]

are we talking the ones like the winchester ballistic silvertips? the silver cases? lol cause i was going to reload my used ones, guess i wont be lol

 

[BattleRife]

I have annealed some of mine. It was part of experimenting with annealing, I haven't yet shot them enough to see if it extended life or not. But, some of them have been loaded and fired and they worked OK.

I am a little puzzled as to why 'Boo would say they can't be annealed. Nickel cases really are just brass cases with a decorative plating on them, there funtionally is very little difference. The brass underneath will anneal just fine and the nickel will be essentially unaffected.