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Old June 21, 2012, 02:38 PM   #12
Mike Irwin
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"Are steel cases reloadable or not?"

Yes, they certainly are, but there are some limitations.

Steel work hardens MUCH faster than brass, so the cases tend to become unusable faster. Annealing is possible.

Because they are harder, steel cases generally tend to be tougher on the press and the arms because more force is required to size them.

Proper lubrication is an absolute MUST or you'll stick a case in the die in a heartbeat.

Most steel cases are berdan primed (some are not, as indicated in this thread) so if you reload those, they require different techniques.

Since most steel cases are European, you can run into problems in that they often require metric primers, which can be a real pain to find.
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