Nickel Plated Brass

[northbay shooter]

I have a few thousand new nickel plated brass in 9mm. Do I need to deburr them the same way you do with new pistol brass to avoid having the powder funnel / expander die hang up on them?

 

[H. Bowman]

I don't with brass or nickel.

 

[Forkknifegamer67]

No need in my experience, I treat it the same as normal brass except I inspect it a little more thoroughly because it’s more prone to cracking

 

[Pewpewwagon]

I don’t with 9mm range brass. They do sometimes stick a little but it does not cause any problems. Maybe your funnel needs a little polishing.

 

[northbay shooter]

I have noticed with new brass, if you don't tumble it or deburr it, the powder funnel will stick and build up brass on it. There is actually a mention of this on the Starline FAQ.

 

[HammerDown]

The only extra step I have preformed with nickel brass was to apply a little sizing wax to the case when running through the sizing die. Maybe one out of 15 cases gets wax when using carbide dies. It helps keep the extra friction down.

 

[AR15barrels]

I have noticed with new brass, if you don't tumble it or deburr it, the powder funnel will stick and build up brass on it. There is actually a mention of this on the Starline FAQ.

Tumble new brass in corn or walnut to get some corn or walnut dust on it.
The dust acts as a dry lube so that the powder expander funnel will not stick.
This is a common problem with cases that were wet tumbled.
The dust also helps keep brass from sticking to carbide full length sizing dies.
If you don’t want to dry tumble, then you can get a case neck bush and dip the brush in graphite or moly and run the brush into each case neck to get some dry lube in there.
I find dry tumbling easier than individually dry-lubing cases.