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Brian Pfleuger · April 12, 2013, 09:30 AM

The issue with steel cases has nothing to do with Berdan primers so much as it does the fact that the cases are steel. They don't stretch and size the way brass does and that's not a POSITIVE thing. It's a bad thing.

Think about it. Steel is much, much cheaper than brass. If it was a good material for making cases, it would be used extensively.

Steel is like $750/ton, copper is $6,820/ton. Think about it.

April 12, 2013, 09:30 AM	#9
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	The issue with steel cases has nothing to do with Berdan primers so much as it does the fact that the cases are steel. They don't stretch and size the way brass does and that's not a POSITIVE thing. It's a bad thing. Think about it. Steel is much, much cheaper than brass. If it was a good material for making cases, it would be used extensively. Steel is like $750/ton, copper is $6,820/ton. Think about it. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley